A special, one-time showing of an HBO documentary that demonstrates what the producers say is the precariousness of the U-S economy, will be held next week in Red Oak. The Grand Movie Theater and Organizing For America-Southwest Iowa, will hold “American Winter,” beginning at 7-pm on April 24th. Admission is your free-will donation, either cash or canned goods, with the proceeds supporting local charities, such as food banks and the Southwest Iowa Free Medical Clinic.

Diedre Melson, who appears in the documentary,  says “[We] are not the people we see in the media — people taking advantage of the system — we’re the working poor. We’re people who get up every day, and try to pay our fair share, and try to pay our dues. But despite our efforts, we’re sinking.”

After the movie, local poverty experts will hold a brief panel discussion. The movies’ sponsor Organizing for Action (OFA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing the policies that Americans voted for in 2012. As a grassroots funded social advocacy group, OFA says it is committed to tipping the scales of power back to the American people instead of special interests in Washington.