[imc-wellington] [Fwd: The Yes Men: how can our film be useful to you?]

[helen varley jamieson]

We spent the winter in a cave with a tangle of wires - but as of last
Thursday our movie, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD, is officially FINISHED.
We've only barely managed to stay out of debtors' prison, so this time
it's really, truly finished. (For teasers, see the film page at
http://www.theyesmen.org/theyesmenfixtheworld, or the cool quotes at the
bottom of this email.)

Many of you who live in New York helped with this film, whether by
helping make human-flesh candles to skewer Exxon, handing out copies of
the New York Times Special Edition (http://www.nytimes-se.com), or
helping us think through actions till we hit on something pretty good.

Since activists were crucial to making this film, we're hell-bent on
making sure that it's useful to activists. So: if you work at an
activist organization of some sort (whether you were involved in the
film or not), or teach at a school (any school), let's figure out how
you can use our film to motivate members or students, drum up
membership, etc. Please write to us
(mailto:admin at theyesmen.org,movie at theyesmen.org), and soon we can
start discussing how to put our movie to work for you.

The plan is to release THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD this October in New
York, New Orleans, Bhopal, Calgary, and elsewhere. Meanwhile, here are
some great events next week in New York City. They're great in and of
themselves, and they incidentally have a lot to do with with our film.


Finally, some cool quotes about our film, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
(http://www.theyesmen.org/theyesmenfixtheworld):

"It shines with raw wit and originality." - Newsweek

"Comedic vigilante justice... Media-savvy pie-to-the-face." - USA Today

"The Yes Men Fix The World could be this season's choice." - Screen
Daily

"This movie is a hoot, and a pertinent one at that.... There's something
tonic about the impudent laughter this engaging documentary provokes." -
Hollywood Reporter


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