The newest film opening at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center draws from a collection of thinkers and strategists to explore the United States’ divisive political climate, the shrinking middle class, and the struggle for the American Dream. "America's Burning" opens Sept. 13.
Continuing is "Sing Sing."
From Executive Producers Michael Douglas and Barry Levinson, "America’s Burning" draws on an amazing collection of thinkers and strategists, from James Carville and Amy Chua to Ian Bremmer and Leon Panetta, as New York Times best-selling author David Smick guides the viewer on a journey to discover the reasons for today’s hate and division.
For 40 years, the U.S. economy has been a paradox. It’s been an extraordinary wealth-creating machine, but only for the half of the country that owns stocks. Capitalism has, as James Carville put it, become “a racket” — the ultimate corporate insider’s club, a system centrally controlled by the well-connected few. As a result, the middle class is shrinking and the American Dream’s promise of social mobility for all who work hard is dying. A new Velvet Rope Society of brains and money has cut itself off from the rest of America. Working families feel forgotten and angry, but it doesn’t have to be this way. America has an impressive history of resilience. Narrated by Douglas, the film shows why our best days could still lie ahead.
"America's Burning" is not rated and is showing through Sept. 19.
"Sing Sing" follows Divine G (Colman Domingo), who is imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit but finds purpose by acting in a theater group alongside other incarcerated men. The film stars an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.
"Sing Sing," which is rated R, is showing through Sept. 19.
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