The Yes Men (film)
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The Yes Men Fix the World (2009
2009 in film
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) is a documentary film
Documentary film
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 about the culture jamming
Culture jamming
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 exploits of The Yes Men
The Yes Men
The Yes Men are a culture jamming activist duo and network of supporters created by Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos. Through actions of tactical media, The Yes Men primarily aim to raise awareness about what they consider problematic social issues. To date, the duo has produced two films: The Yes Men...

. The film premiered in New York City
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 and Los Angeles
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 on October 23, 2009 and in other U.S. cities beginning on October 30. Due to the movie being sued by United States Chamber of Commerce
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, a special edition of the movie is being distributed through bittorrent
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 through VODO
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 and other prominent torrent sites like The Pirate Bay
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 and EZTV.

The film documents the following projects:
  • US Chamber of Commerce and climate change
  • Dow Chemical and Bhopal
  • ExxonMobil Vivoleum
  • Halliburton Survivaball
  • HUD and post-Katrina public housing
  • New York Times hopeful future edition

Cultural References

  • British hard rock
    Hard rock
    Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

     band, Neuronspoiler featured footage from the film in the music video for the song Words, Words, Words from their 2010 E.P., No One's Safe.

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