Structural change in Flint, Michigan, 1987: Despite high profits, General Motors closes its factories and relocates production to Mexico. 30,000 jobs are lost. In his first film, the unemployed Michael Moore follows Roger B. Smith, the CEO of GM, for two and a half years to confront him with the social consequences of this decision for his home town.

Loan of the film print with kind support of Metropolis Archiv - Kinemathek Hamburg.