Canadian Television: Filmmaker Moore hopes Canada doesn't vote Tory

CTV.ca | CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television: "TORONTO - Hopefully Canadians will not set a trend at the end of the current federal election and vote into power a political party that says it would have joined the Bush administration's invasion-of-Iraq coalition, says U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore.
'For you to go backwards would be a horrible thing to see happen,' the scruffy-faced Moore said when asked about the stance of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. He said he was grateful the former Liberal government stayed out of Iraq.

"It's a work of journalism," he maintained. "It's the real journalism that the journalists should be doing. The movie is filled with a lot of facts, a lot of background information, a lot of research and then the film is an op ed piece. Propaganda? That's a bit of a strong term. Propagandists believe it's OK to take the facts and tell half-truths and twist them to meet their purposes. I present to you the facts."

In the U.S. distributors are appealing to get the film a PG-13 rating, not an R. The Motion Picture Association of America appeals board is scheduled to meet Tuesday. The Ontario Film Review Board will consider the film's rating Monday night.

And Moore doesn't expect to win any hearts and minds among the ultra-right. He says he's preaching to the choir because in America the choir has been asleep by not voting.

"Who's the choir? The 50 per cent of the American people who don't vote. Are they the elite? Are they the rich? Are they the well-educated?

"They are the poor, the working class, the single moms, the young people and the African-Americans."

He said those people have given up, have sunk into despair and cynicism and that it's his job to pull them back and urge them to give it another try.

"I hope to give the choir a song to sing and I hope they sing it loud as they leave the movie theatre."

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