Resources: The Yes Men Fix the World
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
DOC U! AWARD
IDFA
2009
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
2009
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GRIERSON AWARDS
2009
The film premiered in New York City and Los Angeles on October 23, 2009 and in other US cities beginning on October 30. Due to the movie being sued by United States Chamber of Commerce, a special edition of the movie is distributed through bittorrent through VODO and other prominent torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and EZTV.
Lesson plans
Video Clips
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Clip: 1. Introduction to the Yes Men
We meet the Yes Men and are introduced to the Bhopal disaster -
Clip: 2. Wealth, prosperity and the freemarket
We are introduced to the work of Milton Friedman and the concept of the freemarket economy -
Clip: 3. Dow Chemical spokesman on BBC World
Andy Bichlbaum poses as a spokesman for Dow Chemical -
Clip: 4. The Yes Men in Bhopal, India
Mike and Andy visit the site of the Dow Chemical disaster in Bhopal
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Clip: 5. Exxon Oil Conference
The Yes Men present a controversial new technology -
Clip: 6. Making Good News: The New York Times
The Yes Men print a newspaper full of the kind of news that they would want to read
