Roger and Me

Michael Moore’s documentary, Roger and Me told the story of the toils of the town of Flint after the big GM factory lay off’s. Michael showed how the people suffered due to the 30,000 people of the town who lost their jobs at the factory. He did interviews with the former employees and their families and he showed the affects it had on the town. Moore uses logos to show the true effects of the devastation of the town of Flint.

Moore follows the town Sheriff throughout the whole movie as he goes to home after home evicting families out of their homes. He even kicks a family out on Christmas Eve. Having documented the families being kicked out the audience saw their true emotions and how realistic it was. Showing the evictions through the whole movie made it the effect more profound for the audience as we realized that these families were being kicked out their homes with no place else to go. Michael also interviews some of the employees about life after being laid off to get his point across even more. He shows how one woman had to take up a career of killing bunnies for their meat and selling it to make some extra money so she could go grocery shopping. Michael showed scenes as he drove down the streets of Flint with all the shops boarded up and no one on the streets. The town became one of the highest rated cities for crime.

The town tried to build itself back up by building a luxury hotel and building a theme park. Even the new attractions did not attract people to the town of Flint or make things better. The hotel and theme park did not get enough business and they too had to close. The documentary was very convincing that Roger Smith selfishly closed down the GM factory to make more money and had no compassion for any of the workers that he laid off. It was also convincing that the closing of the factory is the cause for how run down the town of Flint is now. Showing interviews that he had with the former