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July 22, 2011
'Battle for Brooklyn' documentary chosen by Michael Moore for Traverse City Film Festival
Daily News Sports ITeam Blog
by Michael O'Keeffe
"Battle for Brooklyn" is heading to Michigan.
Michael Moore, the man behind "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Sicko," has chosen the critically praised documentary about the Atlantic Yards project for his Traverse City Film Festival. The film will screen at the festival on Wednesday and Friday, July 29.
Reason, the libertarian magazine, posted an interesting interview with "Battle for Brooklyn" filmmakers Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley on its blog this week.
Galinsky talks about reactions to the flick, which puts the relationship between Nets minority owner Brude Ratner and pols such as Mayor Bloomberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer in an unhealthy and undemocratic light:
"Some of the writers have said it kind of puts the government and developer in bed together," Galinsky says. "Well, they are. The story is so corrupt, it is so corrupt, it is really hard to imagine how corrupt it is.
"This kind of process of top-down government is endemic in New York."
Posted by eric at July 22, 2011 10:10 AM