Documentary Filmmaker Michael Moore says Borat Inspired Him to Visit Cuba

The documentary filmmaker, whose latest moviecourage to sail into the mined waters near the U.S.
Sicko opened nationwide June 29, met Borat creatorprison facility at Guantanamo, Cuba.
Sasha Baron Cohen at last year's TorontoThe scene in Sicko features Moore calling to guards
International Film Festival.at the prison, which houses terror suspects captured
Cohen screened Borat: Cultural Learnings of Americain military operations. Moore journeyed there seeking
For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Ithealth care for ailing September 11 rescue workers
went on to gross more than $100 million. Cohen toldwho were having trouble receiving health care in the
Moore he had drawn inspiration from theUnited States.
documentarian's previous films, in which he often putAfter getting no response from Guantanamo, Moore
himself into uncomfortable situations.took the workers to Cuba, where they received
Moore said he, in turn, looked to Borat to muster thetreatment.