Marin Independent Journal - The mind behind the politics

Marin Independent Journal - Lifestyles: "SINGER/songwriter Michelle Shocked opens the new documentary, 'Bush's Brain,' with a song called 'How You Play the Game.'
According to this latest in a remarkable series of liberal documentaries, the game of politics as played by the Bush administration has never been dirtier.

'Bush's Brain' opens today in theaters across the country and begins a run at the Rafael Film Center on Sept. 17. Up until today, the DVD has been sold online at Bushsbrain.com.

The Rafael has been in the forefront of the political documentary phenomenon, having screened 'The Corporation,' 'The Hunting of the President' and 'Control Room.' It's currently showing 'Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire.'

It would have gladly kicked its impromptu doc fest off with Michael Moore's Bushbuster, 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' the spark that lit this fire, but couldn't get the rights. 'People were actually angry at us because they thought we didn't want to show it,' Richard Peterson, the Rafael's director of programming, said.

Peterson noted that 'Bush's Brain' has suddenly acquired an unexpected buzz since the swift boat controversy this week involving a veterans group making unsubstantiated charges about John Kerry's war record."


By Paul Liberatore
Marin Independent Journal