The Yes Men Are Revolting” @ the Gateway Film Center TBA Time. For the last 20 years, notorious activists the Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum) have staged outrageous hoaxes to hijack public dialogue worldwide about the issues of the day. In their third cinematic outing (after The Yes Men and The Yes Men Fix The World), they are now well into their 40s, and their mid-life crises are threatening to drive them out of activism forever – even as they prepare to take on the biggest challenge they’ve ever faced, climate change! Revealing the real people behind the ruses, their latest film is as much a character study as it is a thrilling ride depicting their latest interventions against corporate greed. From villages in Uganda’s Karamoja region to the toxic oil fields in Canada’s tar sands, these iconoclastic revolutionaries take on big oil, lobbyists, Wall Street, and the U.S. government. Overcoming personal obstacles, the Yes Men deliver a hopeful message about ordinary people breaking through the paralysis to take back our planet. Panel of local experts follow the film and Simply Living will be tabling on the opening night. The film will be shown at the Gateway for a week. Location: Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St. Cbus 43201.
