A controversial new documentary about protests against Michael Moore at Utah Valley State College will be shown tonight at 7:30 in McCosh 10.
The film, "This Divided State," criticizes attempts to prevent Moore, director of Fahrenheit 9/11, from speaking on Utah's campus, Director and Producer Steven Greenstreet said.
Princeton is the third stop on the movie's 22-campus tour during March and April.
Greenstreet said he went to Utah Valley State on a "filmmakers' intuition" when he learned Moore was planning to speak.
"It was amazing," he said. "There were spontaneous debates happening in the hallways."
He admits that Moore's actual arrival was "anti-climatic."
"He came, spoke for about two hours and left," Greenstreet said. "Everything leading up to his speech was the intense part of the film."
He chose to show his documentary film at college campuses because the movie took place at a college.
Greenstreet will hold a question and answer session following the screening.
"I'm hoping to have a conversation about how to get along with opposing views in a healthy way," he said.
Frances Schendle, president of the College Democrats, sent an email to the group's members about tonight's showing.
"It's important to know what's going on at other college campuses," Schendle said in an interview.
Schendle hopes that the documentary will promote political dialogue on campus.
Evan Magruder '08, a member of the College Republicans, looks forward to this upcoming political discussion as well.
"Whether you agree with something or not, to talk about it is always helpful," Magruder said.
"The film stands as a testament on how civil discourse failed," Greenstreet said.
"No matter what political side you belong to, you come away believing something went wrong."
Among the 22 stops on the tour are Dartmouth College and Cornell, Yale and Harvard University.
George Mason University was the documentary's first college stop, where about 160 local community members and students attended the screening, Greenstreet said.
"George Mason actually cancelled Michael Moore's event," he said. "It was important to bring it there and have a discussion."
The tour is sponsored by the Center for American Progress and Campus Progress, a Washington DC think tank.
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