For the Antrim County Democratic Party, having a vice chair married to f i l m - m a k e r Michael Moore, turned into a u n i q u e fundraiser and put Bellaire in a nationwide conversation.

Other times, it's who you're married to.

For the Antrim County Democratic Party, having a vice chairperson married to film-maker Michael Moore, developed into a unique fundraiser and put Bellaire in nationwide conversation.

During a scheduled fundraising lunch at Gio's, Kathleen Glynn, Moore's wife, addressed the possibility of her husband having a special screening of his latest movie in Bellaire.

Moore, a Flint native and Cannes Film Festival award winner, was in the process of finishing his latest movie "Sicko," a movie that focuses on many health care issues - profits of pharmaceutical companies, rising costs of healthcare and difficulties with insurance companies and HMOs.

Since that meeting, area residents have been continuously asking when the movie will be done and if it would be shown in Bellaire, before a nationwide release.

May 17, they found out Antrim County would have an unofficial premiere, before the official premiere June 19, and national release June 29.

The movie was viewed by many at this year's Cannes Festival, where it received some encouraging reviews, that suggests the movie pushes on a sore spot for many Americans.

Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger said the movie "will have many moviegoers angry enough to gouge holes in their armrests." Peter Brunette, of the Boston Globe, said "it's very much in the Michael Moore vein - hilarious, but I was crying through about a third of it."

Moore made special arrangements with movie distributors, to have a viewing of the movie in Bellaire, June 16. Along the movie theme, tickets for the fundraiser are shaped like Band-Aids, though acquiring them isn't as simple as appearing at the ticket window with cash.

Since the ACDP benefits from the proceeds, legal procedures must be followed to purchase tickets. Each buyer must fill out a form at www.antrimdems.org to request tickets.