A new trailer and poster for the Russell Brand documentary THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES has been released.
The documentary is directed by Michael Winterbottom, which focuses on the ever-growing divide between the richest and poorest members of society and attempts to expose bankers’ role in the economic downturn.
The clip opens with Brand saying: “Inequality is getting greater. The rich are getting richer and everyone else is struggling.”
The film uses a mixture of documentary, interviews, archive footage and comedy, Russell Brand takes us from his hometown Grays in Essex, to the heart of London ‘City’ and on to the Big Apple. The film aims to shake up the world by revealing the bewildering truth about how the people at the bottom are reportedly paying for the luxuries of those at the top.
The comic has spent the last year campaigning for the removal of the “nation state” and for a social revolution, whereby “corporate tyranny, ecological irresponsibility and economic inequality” are axed.
Special screenings will take place across the UK for one night only on 21st April alongside a live Q&A event with Russell Brand, followed by the film’s cinemas release on 24th April. Â
