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Jason Bosch sees activism as a way of life: The local champion of the great unwashed (and founder of the leftward-facing ArgusFest film series) seems to make no distinction between getting up in the morning and helping his fellow man. When he returned to town a little more than a month ago from an extended vacation trudging from New Orleans to Detroit with the March to Fulfill the Dream, to help raise awareness of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, he was broke and desperate to keep the fest up and running, despite sporadic screenings over the summer. But September marks ArgusFest’s full return with a beefed up repertoire; after the jump, see what’s onscreen in the coming weeks.
Mondays at 7 p.m. at Hooked on Colfax, 3215 E. Colfax Avenue ($5 suggested donation):
Tonight: Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
Filmmaker and media critic Danny Schechter explores how the current financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity, uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed. To get the real story, Schechter — aka “the News Dissector” — interviews bankers, economists, journalists and even a convicted white-collar criminal who blew the whistle on dishonest business practices.
