Profanity in Rightwing Film Halts Screening at Anti-Michael Moore Film Fest

Despite this rather glowing report from the local paper, the organizers of the Freedom FilmFest – an event that was hastily organized to protest the Traverse City Film Festival and its founder, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore – found themselves in hot water yesterday.

At least one “values voter” reportedy walked out of the Freedom Filmfest’s screening of “Michael Moore Hates America” in protest over the film’s excessive use of profanity. Apparently, Red-staters who are interviewed in the documentary-style film repeatedly describe Michael Moore as a “fucker” and a “motherfucker.”

Because of the outcry, festival organizers shut the screening down before the film was over.

While larger venues at TCFF screenings have consistently been sold out, reports say the rightwing event has been sparsely attended – one screening had 50 people, another had only 15.

A person on the scene commented, “What if they gave a war and nobody came?”

Among prizes awarded at the festival, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” won “scariest film.”

Thanks to ArtSavant.

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