anced ▁partly ▁by ▁Moore ' s ▁mort g aging ▁of ▁his ▁home ▁and ▁partly ▁by ▁the ▁settlement ▁money ▁from ▁a ▁law suit ▁he ▁file d ▁against ▁Mother ▁Jones ▁for ▁wrong ful ▁term ination , ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁personal ▁statement ▁over ▁his ▁anger ▁not ▁just ▁at ▁G M , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁economic ▁policies ▁and ▁social ▁att itudes ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁government ▁during ▁the ▁Re agan ▁era , ▁which ▁allows ▁a ▁corpor ation ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁largest ▁source ▁of ▁income ▁from ▁an ▁entire ▁town . ▁ ▁Roger ▁& ▁Me ▁was ▁fil med ▁under ▁the ▁working ▁title ▁A ▁Hum orous ▁Look ▁at ▁How ▁General ▁Mot ors ▁Dest roy ed ▁Fl int , ▁Michigan . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁had ▁it ' s ▁world wide ▁premi ere ▁at ▁the ▁Toronto ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival ▁in ▁September ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁Canadian ▁audience ▁with ▁it ▁winning ▁the ▁cov et ed ▁T I FF ▁People ' s ▁Cho ice ▁Award . ▁▁ ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁gave ▁Moore ▁$ 3 ▁million ▁for ▁distribution ▁license , ▁a ▁very ▁large ▁amount ▁for ▁a ▁first - time ▁film maker ▁and ▁un pre ced ented ▁for ▁a ▁document ary . ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁distribution ▁deal ▁required ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁to ▁pay ▁rent ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁for ▁the ▁families ▁ev icted ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁give ▁away ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁tick ets ▁to ▁the ▁un emp loy ed ▁workers . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁would ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁America