sentences:  The film had its worldwide premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of 1989.It was well received by the Canadian audience with it winning the coveted TIFF People's Choice Award.Ironically only a few weeks later GM would announce the closing of their Toronto truck assembly plant moving vehicle production to a plant in Flint Michigan
  
  Warner Bros. gave Moore $3 million for distribution license, a very large amount for a first-time filmmaker and at the time unprecedented for any documentary.