{"id":1088323,"date":"2021-03-28T13:51:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=1088323"},"modified":"2021-03-28T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:53:12","slug":"michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/03\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html","title":{"rendered":"Michael Moore\u2019s <i>Bowling for Columbine<\/i> Is Streaming Free on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wScIMiWT_dw?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>Ear\u00adli\u00ader this year, Michael Moore released the 2002 doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary <em>Bowl\u00ading for Columbine<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wScIMiWT_dw\">on his offi\u00adcial YouTube chan\u00adnel<\/a>. The win\u00adner of the Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award for Best Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary Fea\u00adture, the film \u201cset out to inves\u00adti\u00adgate the long, often volatile love affair between Amer\u00adi\u00adcans and their firearms, uncov\u00ader\u00ading the per\u00adva\u00adsive cul\u00adture of fear that keeps the nation locked and loaded.\u201d Cri\u00adte\u00adri\u00adon goes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28785-bowling-for-columbine\">to write<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Equipped with a cam\u00adera and a micro\u00adphone, Moore fol\u00adlows the trail of bul\u00adlets from Lit\u00adtle\u00adton, Col\u00adorado, and Flint, Michi\u00adgan, all the way to Kmart\u2019s mid\u00adwest\u00adern head\u00adquar\u00adters and NRA pres\u00adi\u00addent Charl\u00adton Heston\u2019s Bev\u00ader\u00adly Hills man\u00adsion, meet\u00ading shoot\u00ading sur\u00advivors, mili\u00adtia mem\u00adbers, mild-man\u00adnered Cana\u00addi\u00adans, and rock provo\u00adca\u00adteur Mar\u00adi\u00adlyn Man\u00adson along the way. An unprece\u00addent\u00aded pop\u00adu\u00adlar suc\u00adcess that helped ush\u00ader in a new era in doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary film\u00admak\u00ading, the Oscar-win\u00adning <em>Bowl\u00ading for Columbine<\/em>&nbsp;is a rau\u00adcous, impas\u00adsioned, and still trag\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly rel\u00ade\u00advant jour\u00adney through the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan psy\u00adche.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Near\u00adly two decades later\u2013and right on the heels of two mas\u00adsacres in Atlanta and Boulder\u2013Moore\u2019s film has unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly not lost its rel\u00ade\u00advance. You can watch it online, right above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/stream-bowling-for-columbine-free\">via NoFilm\u00adSchool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas\u00adsics, Indies, Noir, West\u00aderns, Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries &amp; More<\/a>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Michael Moore\u2019s 13 Rules for Making Documentaries \u2014 Really Powerful &amp; Entertaining Documentaries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2015\/05\/michael-moores-13-rules-for-making-documentaries.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Michael Moore\u2019s 13 Rules for Mak\u00ading Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries \u2014 Real\u00adly Pow\u00ader\u00adful &amp; Enter\u00adtain\u00ading Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to 23 Cartoonists Unite to Demand Action to Reduce Gun Violence: Watch the Result\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/05\/23_cartoonists_unite_to_demand_action_to_reduce_gun_violence_watch_the_result.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">23 Car\u00adtoon\u00adists Unite to Demand Action to Reduce Gun Vio\u00adlence: Watch the Result<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to When Archie Bunker\u2019s Advice on Gun Control Becomes Mainstream GOP Policy (1972)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/02\/archie-bunkers-editorial-on-gun-control-1972.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">When Archie Bunker\u2019s Advice on Gun Con\u00adtrol Becomes Main\u00adstream GOP Pol\u00adi\u00adcy (1972)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wScIMiWT_dw?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ear\u00adli\u00ader this year, Michael Moore released the 2002 doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary Bowl\u00ading for Columbine on his offi\u00adcial YouTube chan\u00adnel. The win\u00adner of the Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award for Best Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary Fea\u00adture, the film \u201cset out to inves\u00adti\u00adgate the long, often volatile love affair between Amer\u00adi\u00adcans and their firearms, uncov\u00ader\u00ading the per\u00adva\u00adsive cul\u00adture of fear that keeps the nation locked [\u2026]<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-film"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Moore&#039;s Bowling for Columbine Is Streaming Free on YouTube<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/03\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OC\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71c1adfe08013e889667d78db0b41392\"},\"headline\":\"Michael Moore\u2019s Bowling for Columbine Is Streaming Free on YouTube\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-28T20:51:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-28T20:53:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Current Affairs\",\"Film\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html\",\"name\":\"Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine Is Streaming Free on YouTube\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-28T20:51:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-28T20:53:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/michael-moores-bowling-for-columbine-the-full-movie-is-streaming-free-on-youtube.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Michael Moore&#8217;s Bowling for Columbine Is Streaming Free on YouTube\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Open Culture\",\"description\":\"The best free cultural &amp; 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