The Billionaires' Tea Party
Movie| Title | The Billionaires' Tea Party |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Feb 4, 2011 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Taki Oldham |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | Larkin Lane Films |
| Run time | 54 min. |
After Barack Obama swept to power promising a new era of hope and change, the emergence of a citizens protest movement called the Tea Party threatened to derail his agenda. Was this uprising the epitome of grassroots democracy? Or was it an example of "astroturfing" - the creation of fake grassroots groups, designed to put corporate messages in the mouths of seemingly independent citizens?