It's not that Moore excludes people of color – scenes from eviction fights and industrial strikes are filled with African Americans and immigrants. But nowhere does he even mention that the capitalist edifice rests on a system of white supremacy, here and around the world. He tells both a personal and national story of the growing affluence and equitable income distribution in the 1950s. But except for a tiny clip of a civil rights protest, there's no indication that African Americans were deliberately left out of prosperity – or even participation.

While film is primarily a visual medium, Moore always narrates his points explicitly. He talks in detail about the structure of finance capitalism, but not a word about race. It's still an exciting and probably energizing movie – and may be a financial success – but someone should ask him about this. It's no minor matter.

Alec Dubro is a veteran Washington DC-based writer specializing in labor and nonprofits.