Moby Hosts Anti-War Screening
Moby will host a screening of the documentary Uncovered: The
Whole Truth About the Iraq War at his New York City apartment,
one of more than 2,000 such home screenings of the film as part of
a grassroots campaign organized by MoveOn.org. The screenings are
also part of a fund-raising drive by MoveOn, an organization with
the mission of “bringing ordinary people back into politics.”
“There are myriad causes with which I’m involved,” Moby says.
“And I have friends who work for a lot of different no-profits and
we all feel the same way. The one cause that seems to take
precedence over all the others is to do everything in our power to
make sure George Bush is sent back to Texas in 2004. Every cause
would benefit immeasurably.”
In addition to screening Uncovered, MoveOn.org is
sponsoring a Moby brainchild: The “Bush in 30 Seconds” contest. The
premise was to create an advertisement that best exposes the flawed
policies of the Bush administration, with plans for the winning
spot to air during the week of the President’s 2004 State of the
Union address.
“The basic idea was to try to some extent to involve the
creative community more in the political process,” Moby says, “and
to disseminate information about what a dreadful president George
Bush has been.”
The contest closed yesterday, and site visitors can browse the
submissions between December 15th and 30th, before a panel of
judges — including Moby, Michael Stipe, Jack Black, Gus Van Sant,
Margaret Cho and others — selects the winner.