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AFS Presents 'The Yes Men'
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From the promoter:
The Yes Men follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as
they impersonate World Trade Organization experts on TV and at business
conferences around the world.
The story follows Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno from their beginnings with the satirical website GWBush.com and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don't notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.
Delighted to speak for the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock their unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don't notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can come up with.
Co-director Sarah Price will be on-hand to introduce the film and answer questions after the screening. Sarah is in Austin serving as one of the panel members of the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund, AFS's 11-year-old grant program for Texas filmmakers.
