The state of politics in the United States is placed under the microscope in the latest offering by the Brock University Film Society (BUFS).

Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 will be screened at the Film House on Thursday, Nov. 8.

The humour at the beginning of the film soon takes a sinister twist, with audiences warned that the U.S. is not immune to the horrors that befell Weimar Germany.

Moore predicted that Donald Trump would become the 45th president of the United States. Travelling across the country, he interviews American citizens to get a sense of the social, economic and political impact of Trump’s victory. Moore also takes an in-depth look at the media, the Electoral College, the government agenda and his hometown of Flint, Michigan.

According to Vulture, “This isn’t [Moore’s] smoothest film, but it’s his fullest and most original. It’s also his most urgent, which is really saying something. It’s one of the most urgent films ever made.”

Tickets are available at the Film House in the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on the evening of screenings.

General admission is $9 or $7 for members, plus tax. Memberships are available through the Film House website. Visit the BUFS web page for a full list of this season’s selections. A calendar of films coming to PAC over the next couple of months is posted on the Film House website. Look for the red B that indicates a BUFS-hosted screening.

For more than 40 years, the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film has hosted the film society (previously known as a series) to bring some of the best in independent, international and Canadian cinema to St. Catharines.