The Big One(1997)

Protecting the Earth from the scum of corporate America.

The Big One is an investigative documentary in which director Michael Moore travels across America to confront a central economic paradox: major U.S. corporations manufacture their products overseas in low-wage countries while millions of Americans face unemployment and job losses. Moore examines why companies like Nike outsource production abroad despite having a willing domestic workforce ready to work. Through interviews and on-the-ground reporting, the film exposes the corporate logic behind outsourcing and its devastating impact on American workers and communities. Moore's trademark confrontational style drives the investigation as he challenges executives and explores the gap between corporate profits and working-class struggle during a period of significant economic dislocation in the United States.