One of the most controversial and provocative films of the year, Fahrenheit 9/11 is Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore's searing examination of the Bush administration's actions in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11.

With his characteristic humor and dogged commitment to uncovering the facts, Moore considers the presidency of George W. Bush and where it has led us. He looks at how - and why - Bush and his inner circle avoided pursuing the Saudi connection to 9/11, despite the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis and Saudi money had funded Al Qaeda. Fahrenheit 9/11 shows us a nation kept in constant fear by FBI alerts and lulled into accepting a piece of legislation, the USA Patriot Act, that infringes on basic civil rights. It is in this atmosphere of confusion, suspicion and dread that the Bush Administration makes its headlong rush towards war in Iraq, and Fahrenheit 9/11 takes us inside that war to tell the stories we haven't heard, illustrating the awful human cost to U.S. soldiers and their families.

Lions Gate Films will release the film nationwide on June 25th.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone that made this party a HUGE success! Though the official MoveOn count may be less due to certain technicalities, we counted 150+ people during the webcast. For a house party organized in under 4 days in New Orleans, that's simply amazing. Our hats off to Michael Moore, and our hats off to you!

We've posted pictures from the party here ... and they don't even do justice to the size of the crowd at its high point! If anyone has more pictures, please send them to andrea@lartnoirneworleans.com and we'll post them - we're not sure how much longer MoveOn.org will be accepting photos (thought you should also be able to see many of our party photos on their site in the next couple of days) but we'll always be happy to post them here! Our thanks to Lou Graff and Burton Steel for documenting the evening and apologies to the one wonderful lady who posted a great party review and a couple of pictures on democraticunderground.com whose email I've unfortunately lost - please email me back so I can give you a photo credit!

So folks... here's the news: The Party Is Not Over! We mean this in a couple of ways - 1) We've got a momentum rolling and it's going to take all that and more to make absolutely sure that we get Bush & Co. OUT OF OFFICE this November - so remember, be it simply trying to educate one person or attending every event you can, every little thing you can do MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 2) Really, the party is not over - we are now happy to announce that:

WE WILL BE HOSTING THE NEXT MOVEON.ORG CO-ORDINATED HOUSE PARTY
JULY 18th 2004 AT 6PM at 906 MAZANT STREET
THE NEW ORLEANS "OUTFOXED" SCRENING AND HOUSE PARTY!

HAVEN'T SEEN FAHRENHEIT 9/11 YET?

Fahrenheit 9/11 is showing at Landmark Canal Place Cinema in the French Quarter and at AMC Elmwood Palace Theatre 20 in Harahan. Click here for movie showtimes and to purchase advance tickets online.