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Saturday, November 12, 2005

Wal-Mart movie hits the N.C. Triangle

In coordination with "Higher Expectations Week" -- a national campaign aimed at Wal-Mart's corporate practices -- the Institute for Southern Studies, along with the NC Justice Center and Independent Weekly, is hosting theater screenings of the new documentary, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price."

Come join us at the theater for one of these showings:
TRIANGLE PREMIER - SUNDAY, NOV. 13: Colony Theater, Raleigh. Press conference at 1:30 p.m., film starts at 2 p.m.

MONDAY, NOV. 14: Carolina Theater, Durham.Film starts at 7 p.m., Q&A afterwards hosted by Institute for Southern Studies and N.C. Justice Center.

TUESDAY, NOV. 15: Galaxy Theater, Cary. Film starts at 7 p.m., Q&A afterwards hosted by Institute for Southern Studies and N.C. Justice Center.
There are also a bunch of community-based screenings of the documentary in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. It's an eye-opening film; you can read David Fellerath's review in The Independent Weekly here.
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