An Interview with Morgan Spurlock | Sojourners

An Interview with Morgan Spurlock

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is not afraid to get messy. When tackling an issue on film, he gets right down in the trenches, often compromising his own health and well-being to unveil systemic problems in America with microscopic scrutiny. He did it most notably with Super Size Me, a documentary in which he examined the problem of obesity by eating at McDonald's for every meal for 30 days. His declining health and subsequent depression was enough to send longtime McDonald's patrons running to the nearest farmers market.

Spurlock spoke with Sojourners editors Jim Wallis and Jeannie Choi about his newest project, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice, and explains that though his projects be madness, there is method to them.

 

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Sojourners Magazine January 2010
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