Moore to debut new 'Sicko' film

Published: April 15, 2007 at 9:55 AM
Moore to debut new 'Sicko' film

NEW YORK, April 15, 2007 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Michael Moore is drawing
flak for taking rescue workers from the Sept. 11 World Trade Center
attacks to Cuba to be treated for their ailments.

The trip is detailed in Moore's latest documentary, "Sicko," a critique
of the U.S. healthcare system that Moore wants to debut at the Cannes
Film Festival next month.

February's trip to Cuba was to show the U.S. healthcare system pales in
comparison with Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, the New York Post
reported Sunday.

The film targets the medical care provided to people who worked on the
toxic World Trade Center debris pile. But some of those approached to go
on the trip claim Moore used them for his own advantage.

"He's using people that are in a bad situation and that's wrong, that's
morally wrong," said Jeff Endean, from Morris County, N.J., who spent a
month at Ground Zero and suffers from respiratory problems.

Moore's publicist did not return calls.

Cuba has made recent advancements in biotechnology and now exports its
cancer treatments to 40 countries, the Post said.

The United States restricts travel to Cuba, but Moore was granted access
for "journalistic endeavors."

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