Triangle premier today of new Wal-Mart documentary

By Chris Kromm / November 13, 2005

If you're in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, don't forget to come join us today for the Triangle premier of Robert Greenwald's new documentary, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price."

SUNDAY, NOV. 13: Colony Theater, Raleigh.

We'll be holding a press conference at 1:30 p.m. to launch "Higher Expectations Week," Wal-Mart Watch's national campaign to hold the retail giant accountable. Over 40 organizations across North Carolina, including the Institute for Southern Studies and N.C. Justice Center, have endorsed the campaign.

The 90 minute documentary will follow at 2 p.m.

If you miss today's screening, we are sponsoring two more screenings in the Triangle this week:

MONDAY, NOV. 14: Carolina Theater, Durham.Film starts at 7 p.m., Q&A afterwards hosted by Institute for Southern Studies and N.C. Justice Center.

TUESDAY, NOV. 15: Galaxy Theater, Cary. Film starts at 7 p.m., Q&A afterwards hosted by Institute for Southern Studies and N.C. Justice Center.

There are also a bunch of community-based screenings of the documentary in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. You can read David Fellerath's review in The Independent Weekly here.

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