Janesville Documentary Set For Labor Fundraiser Saturday In Milwaukee

The Milwaukee premiere of As Goes Janesville, a film by Brad Lichtenstein which documents working people and the Janesville community in the wake of the GM plant closure is scheduled for:

5:00 p.m., Saturday, October 6, 2012
Oriental Movie Theater, 2230 North Farwell Avenue

As Goes Janesville has won three Best Documentary awards in the last six weeks as well as a Best Director and an Audience award.

Following the screening, at 7:00 p.m., there will be a Premiere Party fundraiser at Alterra's Back Room, 2211 North Prospect Avenue. 

Tickets for the screening are $10.   Learn more at the Premiere Event Face Book Page or click here to purchase Tickets.

As Goes Janesville is a cautionary tale for a polarized country falling short of the American Dream.

The film follows three years in the lives of laid-off workers struggling to survive, business leaders trying to reinvent their local economy and a state senator caught in the middle, trying to negotiate a peace for his warring state while protecting workers’ rights.

As Goes Janesville, so goes America. A co-production between 371 Productions, Kartemquin Films and Independent Television Service (ITVS), As Goes Janesville will air nationally beginning October 8 on the PBS series Independent Lens.