April 21
Little Pink House opens in theaters.
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A contemporary "Erin Brokovich," though with slightly more modest production values and editing. Katherine Keener is a touchstone she's never in a bad film. Jeanne Tripplehorn has a similar career. In this docudrama, Keener portrays Susette Kelo, the Connecticut EMT and emergency room nurse whose waterfront home was seized, along with those of her working class neighbors, by a group of politically connected elitists who wanted to sell the property to Pfizer, so that it could build a plant, along with luxury shopping and waterfront loft condos and townhouses. Tripplehorn plays the sexpot PR slickster hired by a corrupt (and ultimately imprisoned) Governor representing the elitists. Rent seeking crony corporatists had gradually expanded the interpretation of "public use" under eminent domain to mean a government can seize your home at any time just because the new owner to whom they sell it will pay them more property taxes. Sadly, the Supreme Court at the time narrowly upheld that
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April 24
Calgary, Canada
Check here for locations.
A contemporary "Erin Brokovich," though with slightly more modest production values and editing. Katherine Keener is a touchstone she's never in a bad film. Jeanne Tripplehorn has a similar career. In this docudrama, Keener portrays Susette Kelo, the Connecticut EMT and emergency room nurse whose waterfront home was seized, along with those of her working class neighbors, by a group of politically connected elitists who wanted to sell the property to Pfizer, so that it could build a plant, along with luxury shopping and waterfront loft condos and townhouses. Tripplehorn plays the sexpot PR slickster hired by a corrupt (and ultimately imprisoned) Governor representing the elitists. Rent seeking crony corporatists had gradually expanded the interpretation of "public use" under eminent domain to mean a government can seize your home at any time just because the new owner to whom they sell it will pay them more property taxes. Sadly, the Supreme Court at the time narrowly upheld that
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April 24
Calgary, Canada
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