Keene Young Professionals Network

I (Mike Giacomo) am going down to W. Springfield to see the one-night only showing of the movie I.O.U.S.A. on Thursday, August 21, and I was looking to possibly form a caravan if people are interested in seeing it.

This is a non-partisan movie about the past, present, and future state of our economy - an issue that spans party lines, our lives, and ultimately, our future. It is sure to be an eye-opening presentation.

Information about tickets and the movie itself are below. It was recognized at Sundance this year, and there's even a report of a Senate hopeful buying out an entire theater for the show to get voters to see it. This will be one night only unless it does well enough for broader release (as Gore's movie did). Unfortunately, the economy is not as sexy a topic as Al got to promote, but equally, if not more important to our future.

Just email me if you'd be interetsed in seeing it, or want more details on how to get tickets. m_giaco@hotmail.com

The movie is at 8, I figure to leave keene at 6-6:15ish.

-Mike

Here’s the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBo2xQIWHiM

Here’s the official website:
http://www.iousathemovie.com/

Here’s to buy tickets (pre-buy):
http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=728

The release from the website:

Wake up, America! We’re on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions.

Throughout history, the American government has found it nearly impossible to spend only what has been raised through taxes. Wielding candid interviews with both average American taxpayers and government officials, Sundance veteran Patrick Creadon (Wordplay) helps demystify the nation’s financial practices and policies. The film follows former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker as he crisscrosses the country explaining America’s unsustainable fiscal policies to its citizens.

With surgical precision, Creadon interweaves archival footage and economic data to paint a vivid and alarming profile of America’s current economic situation. The ultimate power of I.O.U.S.A. is that the film moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how we can recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations.

Creadon uses candid interviews and his featured subjects include Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul O’Neill, Robert Rubin, and Paul Volcker, along with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s own David Walker and Bob Bixby of the Concord Coalition, a Foundation grantee.

Pointedly topical and consummately nonpartisan, I.O.U.S.A. drives home the message that the only time for America’s financial future is now.