The Billionaires' Tea Party

(2011)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 160 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2011

Runtime: 54 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Taki Oldham

Cast: David H. Koch, Kert Davies, Myron Ebell, Taki Oldham

Plot

After Barack Obama swept to power promising a new era of hope and change, the emergence of a citizens protest movement called the Tea Party threatened to derail his agenda. Was this uprising the epitome of grassroots democracy? Or was it an example of "astroturfing" - the creation of fake grassroots groups, designed to put corporate messages in the mouths of seemingly independent citizens?