BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 won the Palme d'Or award for best film at the Cannes film festival on May 22.
On May 23, Moore posted on his website: "I fully expect the right wing and the Republican Party to come at me and this film with everything they've got", adding that "they cannot win the debate on the issues the film raises — namely, that they are a pack of liars and the American people are on to them.
"And, if the early screenings of Fahrenheit 9/11 are any indication, those who see this movie will never view the Bush administration in the same way again."
According to Moore, "we still don't have a distributor in America as I write this but after winning the world's top film prize I'd give it about one more day (if that) before we have someone brave enough (and smart enough) to show Americans what the world can already see".
Moore also responded to claims in the US press that the decision came from "the French", noting that "of the nine members of the Festival jury, only ONE was French. Nearly half the jury (four) were Americans and the President of the jury was an American (Quentin Tarantino)."
The film is expected to be released in July. Visit <http://www.michaelmoore.com>.
From Green Left Weekly, June 2, 2004.
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