E-mail a friendAugust 10, 2004
original airdate June 29, 2004
Filmmaker Michael Moore shares how he acquired some of the more controversial footage for his record-breaking documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. Writer Erica Kennedy discusses the power and influence of hip-hop.
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
An Academy Award-winning filmmaker, author and activist, Michael Moore is one of America's most fearless political commentators. He became famous for his film, Roger & Me, about the devastating effects of GM's downsizing on his Flint, MI hometown. Moore's documentaries have been the most financially successful in film history. His Fahrenheit 9/11 won top prize at the Cannes film festival and set box-office records, and he most recently turned his attention to the health industry in SiCKO.
Erica Kennedy
Erica Kennedy
Tavis talks with Erica Kennedy.
Writer Erica Kennedy is becoming a major new voice. She's a black women who grew up in a white neighborhood, fell in with a powerful hip-hop producing crowd when she was in high school, went to Sarah Lawrence College, worked in the music, fashion and PR businesses and then became a writer. Kennedy's first novel, Bling, is an inside look at the hip-hop mogul lifestyle. It's been sold to Miramax and is soon to become a movie.