Beatty's fearless, bitingly comic satire doesn't hesitate to
confront some of America's biggest
issues as it tells the story of a nameless black man — the «sellout» of the title — who comes up with a startling way to save his hometown of Dickens,
California, even after the city turned its back on him.
«As President Obama prepares to take the stage and
confront California's drought
issues today,» says Surfrider Foundation's Environmental Director Chad Nelsen, «it's important to recognize that the drought will no longer be the exception, but the rule.