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Monday, Sep 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
What Would Jesus Buy? is a satirical and cynical take on consumer culture, pegged to America's most sacred spending season - Christmas. The documentary was produced by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and directed by Sundance award-winner Rob VanAlkemade. Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) is an anticorporate activist who performs with his Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, taking his guerilla-style tactics to the Starbucks, Walmarts, and Disneylands of America. His message focuses on issues of materialism, the alleged over-consumption in American culture, globalization, and the business practices of large corporations.
Reverend Billy and his choir will bring their musical performance to Iowa State on Wednesday, September 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall.