▁by ▁Bruce ▁Spring ste en ▁during ▁the ▁r ally , ▁seem ingly ▁una ware ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁ ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁town ▁becoming ▁overcome ▁by ▁crime ▁and ▁pover ty . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁film ' s ▁clim ax , ▁Moore ▁finally ▁confront s ▁Smith ▁at ▁the ▁chairman ' s ▁annual ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁Christmas ▁message ▁in ▁Detroit . ▁Smith ▁is ▁shown ▁exp ounding ▁about ▁gener os ity ▁during ▁the ▁hol iday ▁season , ▁concurrent ly ▁as ▁Deput y ▁Ross ▁ev ict s ▁another ▁family ▁from ▁their ▁home . ▁After ▁Smith ' s ▁speech , ▁Moore ▁h ounds ▁Smith , ▁address ing ▁him ▁from ▁a ▁distance . ▁The ▁face - to - face ▁encounter ▁between ▁Michael ▁Moore ▁and ▁Roger ▁B . ▁Smith ▁is ▁shown ▁as ▁this : ▁ ▁De ject ed ▁by ▁his ▁failure ▁to ▁bring ▁Smith ▁to ▁Fl int , ▁Moore ▁proc laim s ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁shot , ▁" As ▁we ▁ne ared ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁the ▁rich ▁got ▁rich er , ▁the ▁poor ▁poor er , ▁and ▁people ▁everywhere ▁now ▁had ▁a ▁lot ▁less ▁l int , ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁l int ▁roll ers ▁made ▁in ▁my ▁h omet own . ▁It ▁was ▁truly ▁the ▁dawn ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁era ." ▁After ▁the ▁cred its , ▁the ▁film ▁displays ▁the ▁message ▁" This ▁film ▁cannot ▁be ▁shown ▁within ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Fl int ", ▁followed ▁by ▁" All ▁the ▁movie ▁the at res ▁have ▁closed ." ▁ ▁Film ▁Production ▁This ▁film , ▁fin