Film Screening - Democracy for Sale
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
7:00pm to 9:00pm
When
Wednesday, February 8, 20177:00pm to 9:00pm
Where
Auditorium, Hunt LibraryAbout This Event
North Carolina — perhaps more than any other state in the Union — has been transformed by the new and growing tidal wave of political spending. Democracy for Sale travels with Zach Galifianakis, the comic star of the Hangover movies, back to his home state to investigate how North Carolina has become a bellwether for how the money of a few has come to dominate our democracy. Galifianakis investigates allegations that the current state government was put in power by moneyed interests and has thus carried out a program that only benefits its backers: cuts to education, healthcare spending and environmental protection; lowering of taxes for the wealthy and corporations; and the passage of laws designed to roll back access to the ballot.
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Free and open to the public.