Editing Michael Moore (section)

===Directing, producing and screenwriting===
====''Roger and Me''====
The 1989 film ''[[Roger & Me]]'' was Moore's first documentary about what happened to [[Flint, Michigan]], after [[General Motors]] closed its factories and opened new ones in Mexico where the workers were paid lower wages than their American counterparts. The "Roger" referred to in the title is [[Roger B. Smith]], then CEO and President of General Motors.

[[Harlan Jacobson]], editor of ''[[Film Comment]]'' magazine, said that Moore muddled the chronology in ''Roger & Me'' to make it seem that events that took place before G.M.'s layoffs were a consequence of them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Linda |editor1-last=Grant |editor1-first=Barry Keith |editor2-last=Sloniowski |editor2-first=Jeannette |title=Documenting the documentary: close readings of documentary film and video |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |date=c. 1998 |chapter=Chapter 24: Mirrors without Memories: Truth, History, and ''The Thin Blue Line'' |pages=388–389 |url=http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/gustafson/FILM%20161.F06/readings/williamsthin.pdf#page=6 |access-date=March 27, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308182424/http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/gustafson/FILM%20161.F06/readings/williamsthin.pdf#page=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] defended Moore's handling of the timeline as an artistic and stylistic choice that had less to do with his credibility as a filmmaker and more to do with the flexibility of film as a medium to express a satiric viewpoint.<ref>{{cite news |title=Attacks on 'Roger & Me' completely miss the point of the film |first1=Roger |last1=Ebert  |author1-link=Roger Ebert |date=February 11, 1990 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19900211/COMMENTARY/22010306 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722130723/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19900211/COMMENTARY/22010306 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |access-date=March 27, 2021}}{{cbignore}}<!-- also at https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/attacks-on-roger-and-me-completely-miss-point-of-film --></ref>

====''Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint''====
Moore made a follow-up 23-minute documentary film, ''[[Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint]]'', that aired on PBS in 1992. It is based on ''Roger & Me''. The film's title refers to Rhonda Britton, a Flint, Michigan resident featured in both the 1989 and 1992 films, who sells rabbits as either pets or meat.<ref>{{cite news |title='Roger and Me' Revisited |author=Diane Katz |newspaper=[[The Detroit News]] |date=September 20, 1992}}</ref>

====''Canadian Bacon''====
Moore's 1995 satirical film ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'' features a fictional U.S. president (played by [[Alan Alda]]) engineering a fake war with Canada to boost his popularity.<ref name=NYT/> The film is also one of the last featuring Canadian actor [[John Candy]].<ref name=NYT/> Some commentators in the media felt the film was influenced by the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film ''[[Dr. Strangelove]].''<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |author-link1=Stephen Holden |title=Film Review: America's Cold War With Canada |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/22/movies/film-review-america-s-cold-war-with-canada-just-kidding.html |access-date=December 10, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 22, 1995 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150526144754/http://nytimes.com/1995/09/22/movies/film-review-america-s-cold-war-with-canada-just-kidding.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}}

====''The Big One''====
Moore's 1997 film ''[[The Big One (film)|The Big One]]'' documents the tour publicizing Moore's book ''[[Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American]],'' in which he criticizes mass layoffs despite record corporate profits. Among others, he targets [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] for outsourcing shoe production to [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thinkprogress.org/meet-the-indonesian-workers-who-make-your-nikes-50-cent-hourly-wages-beatings-and-humiliation-e9afae6c4a7e/ |title=Meet the Indonesian workers who make your Nikes |work=Think Progress |date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724170654/https://thinkprogress.org/meet-the-indonesian-workers-who-make-your-nikes-50-cent-hourly-wages-beatings-and-humiliation-e9afae6c4a7e/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Bowling for Columbine''====
His documentary ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'', released in 2002, probes the culture of [[Gun violence in the United States|guns and violence in the United States]], taking, as a starting point, the [[Columbine High School massacre]] of 1999. ''Bowling for Columbine'' won the Anniversary Prize at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="cannes-2002.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3137379/year/2002.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Bowling for Columbine |access-date=October 24, 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710235222/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3137379/year/2002.html |archive-date=July 10, 2011}}</ref> and France's [[César Award]] as the Best Foreign Film. In the United States, it won the 2002 [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature]]. It also enjoyed great commercial and critical success for a film of its type, and has since gone on to be considered one of the [[list of films considered the best|greatest documentary films of all-time]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm |title=International Documentary Association Top Twenty Documentaries of All-Time |access-date=September 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213002531/http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aabowlingawardnews.htm |title="Bowling for Columbine" Named Best Documentary Film |date=December 12, 2002 |publisher=About.com |access-date=September 18, 2009 |archive-date=August 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830151715/http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aabowlingawardnews.htm }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Documentary Movies |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_documentary_movies/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083209/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_documentary_movies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The 25 Greatest Documentaries of All Time |url=https://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/news/2012/12/the-25-greatest-documentaries-of-all-time/22/ |publisher=[[PBS]] |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035613/https://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/news/2012/12/the-25-greatest-documentaries-of-all-time/22/ }}</ref> At the time of ''Columbine''{{'}}s release, it was the highest-grossing mainstream-released documentary (a record now held by Moore's ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'').<ref name=mojorank />

Shortly after winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'', Moore spoke out against U.S. President George W. Bush and the [[Iraq War]], which had just started three days prior. He further criticized the president by stating, "We live in a time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pond |first1=Steve |title=The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards |date=2005 |publisher=Faber and Faber, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-571-21193-7 |page=345}}</ref> The speech was received with a cacophony of boos, applause, and standing ovations from the audience at the theater.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Effron |first1=Eric |title=The World: Acting Out; At the Oscars, a Cause and Effect |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/weekinreview/the-world-acting-out-at-the-oscars-a-cause-and-effect.html |access-date=April 10, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2003}}</ref> Moments after the speech concluded, to lighten the mood, host [[Steve Martin]] joked, "The [[Teamsters]] are helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo."<ref>{{cite news|last=Jicha |first=Tom |title=A Night Rules By Decorum. Mostly |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-03-24/lifestyle/0303240203_1_oscar-night-jennifer-lopez-michael-moore |access-date=April 10, 2014 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]  |date=March 24, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125433/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-03-24/lifestyle/0303240203_1_oscar-night-jennifer-lopez-michael-moore |archive-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

====''Fahrenheit 9/11''====
Moore's film ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'', released in 2004, examines America in the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]], particularly the record of the George W. Bush Administration and alleged links between the families of [[George W. Bush]] and [[bin Laden family|Osama bin Laden]].  ''Fahrenheit'' was awarded the ''[[Palme d'Or]]'',<ref name="cannes-2004.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4201423/year/2004.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fahrenheit 9/11 |access-date=November 30, 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118184523/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4201423/year/2004.html |archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> the top honor at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]].  It was the first documentary film to win the prize since 1956's ''[[The Silent World]]''.

Moore later announced that ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' would not be in consideration for the 2005 [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature]], but instead for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. He stated he wanted the movie to be seen by a few million more people via television broadcasting prior to Election Day.  According to Moore, "Academy rules forbid the airing of a documentary on television within nine months of its theatrical release", and since the November 2 election was fewer than nine months after the film's release, ''Fahrenheit 9/11''  would have been disqualified for the Documentary Oscar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/why-i-will-not-seek-a-best-documentary-oscar-im-giving-it-up-in-the-hopes-more-voters-can-see-fahrenheit-911 |title=Why I Will Not Seek a Best Documentary Oscar (I'm giving it up in the hopes more voters can see "Fahrenheit 9/11") |author=Michael Moore |date=September 6, 2004 |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514042536/http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/why-i-will-not-seek-a-best-documentary-oscar-im-giving-it-up-in-the-hopes-more-voters-can-see-fahrenheit-911 |archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> Regardless, it did not receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

The title of the film alludes to the classic book ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' by Ray Bradbury, about a future totalitarian state in which books are banned, and any books found are burned by firemen.  According to the novel, paper begins to burn at {{convert|451|°F|°C}}. The pre-release subtitle of Moore's film continues the allusion: "The temperature at which freedom burns."{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

As of August 2012, ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' is the highest-grossing documentary of all time, taking in over US$200&nbsp;million worldwide, including United States box office revenue of almost US$120&nbsp;million.<ref name="mojorank" />  In February 2011, Moore sued producers [[Bob Weinstein|Bob]] and [[Harvey Weinstein]] for US$2.7&nbsp;million in unpaid profits from the film, claiming they used "[[Hollywood accounting]] tricks" to avoid paying him the money.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12402807 |title=Film-maker Michael Moore sues Weinstein brothers |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 9, 2011 |access-date=February 9, 2011 |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717060242/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12402807 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2012, Moore and the Weinsteins informed the court that they had settled their dispute.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-fahrenheit-911-lawsuit-291581 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Matthew |last=Belloni |title=Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein Settle 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Lawsuit |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922115327/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-fahrenheit-911-lawsuit-291581 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Fahrenheit 9/11'' drew criticism and controversy following its release just prior to the [[2004 United States presidential election]]. Journalist and literary critic [[Christopher Hitchens]] alleged that the film contained distortions and untruths.<ref name=slate>{{cite web  | last =Hitchens  | first =Christopher  | author-link =Christopher Hitchens  | title =Unfairenheit 9/11: The lies of Michael Moore  | work =[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]  | date = June 21, 2004 | url =http://www.slate.com/id/2102723  | access-date =November 8, 2023 | archive-date =January 15, 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070115134207/http://www.slate.com/id/2102723/  | url-status =live  }}</ref> This contention drew multiple rebuttals, including an eFilmCritic article and an editorial in the ''[[Columbus Free Press]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.overcast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/f911/hitch-moore.htm |title=A defense of Michael Moore and "Fahrenheit 9/11" |work=blueyonder.co.uk |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905232956/http://www.overcast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/f911/hitch-moore.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2012 }}</ref>

====''Sicko''====
[[File:Sicko at the Cannes FF by tangi bertin on May 19, 2007.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Moore at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]] receiving a standing ovation for ''Sicko'']]

Moore directed the 2007 film ''[[Sicko]]'', about the American health care system, focusing particularly on the managed-care and pharmaceutical industries. At least four major [[pharmaceutical companies]]—[[Pfizer]], [[Eli Lilly and Company|Eli Lilly]], [[AstraZeneca]], and [[GlaxoSmithKline]]—ordered their employees not to grant any interviews or assist Moore.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Michael |title=Inqlings: Michael Moore takes on Glaxo |url=http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9794410.htm|access-date=March 23, 2021 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=September 30, 2004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041124145617/http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9794410.htm?1c |archive-date=November 24, 2004}}{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutka |first1=Elaine |title=Giving Them a Sick Feeling: Drug Firms are on the Defense as Filmmaker Michael Moore Plans to Dissect Their Industry |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1222-04.htm |access-date=March 23, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 22, 2004 |via=[[Common Dreams]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724131801/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1222-04.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Japsen |first1=Bruce |title=Michael Moore turns camera onto health care industry |url=http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/9824781.htm |access-date=March 23, 2021 |work=[[The Sun News|Myrtle Beach Online]] |date=October 3, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010021406/http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/9824781.htm |archive-date=October 10, 2004 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> According to Moore in a letter on his website, "roads that often surprise us and lead us to new ideas—and challenge us to reconsider the ones we began with have caused some minor delays." The film premiered at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] on May 19, 2007, receiving a lengthy standing ovation, and was released in the U.S. and Canada on June 29, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sicko to have unofficial premiere at Democratic fundraiser |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sicko-to-have-unofficial-premiere-at-democratic-fundraiser-1.672976 |website=[[CBC Arts]] |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070528082814/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/26/moore-sicko-fundraiser.html |archive-date=May 28, 2007 |date=May 26, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film is currently ranked the twelfth highest grossing documentary of all time<ref name=mojorank /> and received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-country-blood-lead-oscar-103143 |title='No Country,' 'Blood' lead Oscar noms |access-date=March 23, 2021 |date=January 22, 2008 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415021501/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-country-blood-lead-oscar-103143 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Captain Mike Across America'' and ''Slacker Uprising''====
Moore takes a look at the politics of college students in what he calls "Bush Administration America" with ''[[Captain Mike Across America]]'', which was shot during Moore's 62-city college campus tour in the months leading up to the 2004 presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leydon |first1=Joe |author1-link=Joe Leydon |title=Captain Mike Across America |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/captain-mike-across-america-1200556536/ |access-date=March 26, 2021 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210326061758/https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/captain-mike-across-america-1200556536/ |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |url-status=unfit |date=September 8, 2007}}{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Corliss |first1=Richard |title=9/11 at the Toronto Film Festival |url=https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660934,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416202222/https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660934,00.html |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |format=XLS |date=September 11, 2007 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> The film debuted at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 7, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/schedules/calendarlist.aspx?date=07 |website=[[Toronto International Film Festival]] |title=TIFF '07 Schedules |access-date=September 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222820/http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/schedules/calendarlist.aspx?date=07 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> It was later re-edited by Moore into ''Slacker Uprising'' and released for free on the internet on September 23, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title=Michael Moore sets 'Slacker' free online |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-moore-sets-slacker-free-118577 |access-date=March 26, 2021 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 4, 2008 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415012604/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-moore-sets-slacker-free-118577 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Capitalism: A Love Story''====
Released on September 23, 2009, ''[[Capitalism: A Love Story]]'' analyzes the [[2008 financial crisis]] and the U.S. economy during the transition between the [[Presidency of George W. Bush]] and the [[Presidency of Barack Obama]].  Addressing a press conference at its release, Moore said, "Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. So Obama will rise or fall based not so much on what he does but on what we do to support him."<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5850F320090906 "Capitalism is evil", says new Michael Moore film] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007053812/https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5850F320090906 |date=October 7, 2020 }} [[Reuters]], September 6, 2009.</ref>

====''Where to Invade Next''====
''[[Where to Invade Next]]'' examines the benefits of progressive social policies in various countries. The film had its premiere at the 2015 [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-toronto-film-festival-ridley-scott-jay-roach-michael-moore-20150728-story.html |title=Toronto 2015: Ridley Scott, Michael Moore films set for world premieres |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 28, 2015 |access-date=July 28, 2015 |archive-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730155839/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-toronto-film-festival-ridley-scott-jay-roach-michael-moore-20150728-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Godfrey Cheshire]], writing for [[Roger Ebert]].com, wrote that "Moore's surprising and extraordinarily winning ''Where to Invade Next'' will almost surely cast his detractors at [[Fox News]] and similar sinkholes into consternation".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/where-to-invade-next-2015 |title=Where to Invade Next Movie Review (2015) – Roger Ebert |first=Godfrey |last=Cheshire |work=rogerebert.com |access-date=March 28, 2017 |archive-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509050153/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/where-to-invade-next-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Michael Moore in TrumpLand''====
In ''[[Michael Moore in TrumpLand]]'', Moore talks about the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 Presidential Election Campaigns]]. It is a solo performance showing Moore on stage speaking to a seated audience. The film consists of Moore's opinions of the candidates and highlights the Democratic National Candidate [[Hillary Clinton]]'s strengths and also features a lengthy section on how the Republican National Candidate [[Donald Trump]] could win.<ref name="EW.com">{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/11/09/michael-moore-trumpland/ |title=Read Michael Moore's Full 'Trumpland' Explanation for How Trump Won |date=November 9, 2016 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 30, 2017 |archive-date=August 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806061311/http://ew.com/article/2016/11/09/michael-moore-trumpland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was filmed in [[Wilmington, Ohio]], at the [[Murphy Theatre]] over the course of two nights in October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/movies/review-michael-moore-in-trumpland.html |title=Review: 'Michael Moore in TrumpLand' Isn't About Donald Trump |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=October 19, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 30, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019215522/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/movies/review-michael-moore-in-trumpland.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EW.com" /> The film premiered just eleven days after it was shot at the [[IFC Center]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-michael-moore-trumpland-hillary-clinton-election-movie-watch-20161019-snap-story.html |title=Michael Moore filmed 'TrumpLand' just 11 days ago to rally 'depressed Hillary voters' |date=October 19, 2016 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 30, 2017 |issn=0458-3035 |archive-date=May 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511003723/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-michael-moore-trumpland-hillary-clinton-election-movie-watch-20161019-snap-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Fahrenheit 11/9''====
In May 2017, it was announced that Moore had reunited with [[Harvey Weinstein]] to direct his new film about [[Donald Trump]], titled ''[[Fahrenheit 11/9]]'', which was released in approximately 1,500 theaters in the United States and Canada on September 21, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein Reunite for Surprise Trump Doc 'Fahrenheit 11/9' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-reunite-trump-doc-fahrenheit-119/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=October 7, 2018 |date=May 16, 2017 |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926111040/https://www.thewrap.com/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-reunite-trump-doc-fahrenheit-119/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/donald-trump-michael-moore-fahrenheit-11-9-tom-ortenberg-briarcliff-distribution-comscore-1202453789/ |title=How Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Landed Its Release Date |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415014720/https://deadline.com/2018/08/donald-trump-michael-moore-fahrenheit-11-9-tom-ortenberg-briarcliff-distribution-comscore-1202453789/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="democracynow.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/29/full_intv_michael_moore_on_his |title=Full Interview: Michael Moore on His Broadway Show, Trump, Puerto Rico, NFL & Media Support for War |date=September 29, 2017 |website=Democracy Now! |access-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002082340/https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/29/full_intv_michael_moore_on_his |url-status=live }}</ref> Sexual assault allegations against Weinstein prompted Moore to revoke the plan to work with [[The Weinstein Company]], which stalled production.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Moore is reportedly trying to take back his upcoming Donald Trump documentary from the Weinsteins |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-moore-reportedly-trying-to-get-donald-trump-documentary-from-weinsteins-2017-12?r=US&IR=T |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=December 2017 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823110134/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/michael-moore-reportedly-trying-to-get-donald-trump-documentary-from-weinsteins-2017-12?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Roston |first1=Tom |title=Is This the Documentary That Can Take Down Trump? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/donald-trump-russia-documentary-active-measures-jack-bryan |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=May 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124001212/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/donald-trump-russia-documentary-active-measures-jack-bryan |url-status=live }}</ref>

The title refers to the day when [[Donald Trump]] officially became [[President-elect of the United States]]. In a column for ''Variety'' responding to the film's low opening weekend, "How Michael Moore Lost His Audience," sympathetic film critic [[Owen Gleiberman]] wrote "He's like an aging rock star putting out albums that simply don't mean as much to those who were, and are, his core fans".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/box-office-the-house-with-a-clock-in-its-walls-leads-with-26-8-million-fahrenheit-11-9-falls-flat-1202953783/ |title=Box Office: 'The House With a Clock in Its Walls' Leads With $26.8 Million, 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Falls Flat |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |date=September 23, 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213221312/https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/box-office-the-house-with-a-clock-in-its-walls-leads-with-26-8-million-fahrenheit-11-9-falls-flat-1202953783/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/columns/how-michael-moore-lost-his-audience-fahrenheit-11-9-1202953813/ |title=How Michael Moore Lost His Audience |last1=Gleiberman |first1=Owen |date=September 23, 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214021154/https://variety.com/2018/film/columns/how-michael-moore-lost-his-audience-fahrenheit-11-9-1202953813/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  According to [[Glenn Greenwald]], "what he's trying is of unparalleled importance, not to take the cheap route of exclusively denouncing Trump, but to take the more complicated, challenging, and productive route of understanding who and what created the climate in which Trump could thrive."<ref name="Fahrenheit 11/9">{{cite news |title=Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9" Aims Not at Trump But at Those Who Created the Conditions That Led to His Rise |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/michael-moores-fahrenheit-119-aims-not-at-trump-but-at-those-who-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-his-rise/ |work=The Intercept |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826113503/https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/michael-moores-fahrenheit-119-aims-not-at-trump-but-at-those-who-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-his-rise/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Planet of the Humans''====
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Michael Moore was executive producer of the documentary ''[[Planet of the Humans]]'', which was directed by Jeff Gibbs and released on July 31, 2019. The film makes the argument that, since the first [[Earth Day]], the condition of the planet has worsened, and questions whether mainstream approaches adopted by industry to [[mitigate climate change]], entail environmental impacts whose costs are comparable to or even possibly outweigh the benefits. The film received criticism from a number of [[climate change]] experts and activists who disputed its claims, and the accuracy of figures cited in the film, and suggested that the film could play into the hands of the fossil fuel industry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milman |first1=Oliver |title=Climate experts call for 'dangerous' Michael Moore film to be taken down |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/28/climate-dangerous-documentary-planet-of-the-humans-michael-moore-taken-down |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 28, 2020 |access-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619154025/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/28/climate-dangerous-documentary-planet-of-the-humans-michael-moore-taken-down |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Scott |url=https://science.feedback.org/planet-of-the-humans-documentary-misleads-viewers-about-renewable-energy/ |title="Planet of the Humans" documentary misleads viewers about renewable energy |website=Science Feedback |publisher=[[Climate Feedback|Energy Feedback]] |date=May 4, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2024}}</ref>

Michael Moore, Jeff Gibbs, and co-producer [[Ozzie Zehner]] responded to the critics on an episode of ''[[Rising (news show)|Rising]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/495081-michael-moore-mother-nature-sending-warning-people-to-time-out-rooms-with/ |title=Michael Moore: Mother Nature sending warning, people to 'time-out rooms' with pandemic |first=Justine |last=Coleman |date=April 28, 2020 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429150237/https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/495081-michael-moore-mother-nature-sending-warning-people-to-time-out-rooms-with |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Bop8x24G_o0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200504215511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bop8x24G_o0&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bop8x24G_o0| title = Michael Moore, filmmakers respond to criticism of new bombshell environmental film | via=YouTube| date = April 28, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>