Left-wing Director Michael Moore Has Some Right-wing Competition to his Traverse City Film Festival set for July 27-31

Left-wing director Michael Moore has some right wing-competition to his Traverse City Film Festival set for July 27-31, as another event, which is put together by Texas conservatives and local activists, is set to run at the same time.

According to genie Aldrich, a resident of nearby Suttons Bay and founder of the Traverse Bay Freedom Film Festival "People are fed up and tired with the extreme left-wing radical fringe - America haters, family haters, Christian haters". (Daily Democrat)

The Michigan born director, Michael Moore stated that he likes Republicans taking some oh his ideas. "I have a few more where those came from, if they'd like to sit down and talk", Moore said.

Among the movies presented by Aldrich's alternative festival are to be found independent, politically oriented productions like: "In the Face of Evil", a tribute to Ronald Reagan, "Confronting Iraq", a defense of the war in Iraq sponsored by the conservative group Accuracy in Media, and "Michael Moore Hates America", but also favorites such as "Top Gun" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark". None of the films directed by Michel Moore are being shown.

The Traverse Bay Freedom Festival is scheduled for July 29-30, while Moore's festival, which will run from July 27-31.

The left-wing director thinks that most of the films presented in the Freedom Festival "are works of political propaganda".


Another festival scheduled for September 9-11 in Dallas, the American Film Renaissance, has just been announced by co-founder Jim Hubbard, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hubbard has alsio been negotiating the right to present two films critical of Moore.

The first one is "Michael Moore Hates America," of newcomer Michael Wilson, which has been partially funded by Brian Cartmell, known for having made a small fortune when he had sold his Internet domain registration company, eNic, to Verisign. This feature film, made for $200,000 starring Penn Jillette and John Stossel is also looking for a theatrical and DVD distribution deal.

The second one is a bigger-budget effort called "Michael & Me", made by talk-radio star and soon-to-be TV host Larry Elder. This time we have to deal with a 90-minute documentary, which takes on Moore's 2002 anti-gun documentary, "Bowling for Columbine," according to Elder's statement. "Michael & Me" can be considered a defense of those who own guns and of the Second Amendment.