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 The documentary examines the forces Moore believes contributed
to Trump's election victory in November 2016, drawing parallels
with the rise of Hitler in 1930s Germany.
The White House could not immediately be reached for comment on
Thursday.
At one point, the film superimposes Trump's words over videos of
Hitler's rallies, as a historian talks about the rise of strong
men to positions of power.
"We explore the question of how the hell we got in this mess and
how do we get out of it," the liberal activist told reporters
ahead of the film's screening.
"He's (Trump) been around for a long time and we've behaved in a
certain way for a long time and when you look back now you can
see how the road was paved for him," Moore said.
The new film was a call to action for Americans, said Moore, who
won an Oscar in 2003 for his gun violence documentary "Bowling
for Columbine."
"We are in a war to get our country back," he said. "Anyone who
doesn't understand that is going to be sorely disappointed in
the results of what's about to happen in the next few years with
Donald Trump."
"Fahrenheit 11/9" takes its title from the early hours of Nov.
9, 2016, when Republican candidate Trump was officially declared
the victor over Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton.
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In the film, Moore assigns blame for Trump's victory to widespread
assumptions that Clinton would win, vested interests, and U.S. media
that prioritized the big audiences Trump drew to television
programming.
The documentary premiered the same week the New York Times printed
an anonymous opinion column whose writer described "a quiet
resistance" to Trump within his own administration, and advance
excerpts of a new book by journalist Bob Woodward portrayed Trump as
prone to impulsive decision-making.
It follows Moore's one-man show on Broadway last year in which he
used his satirical blend of humor to target Trump and encourage
liberals to turn resentment at the Republican political agenda into
resistance.
The film also touched on topics ranging from mass shootings in
American schools to the contamination of water in Moore's Flint,
Michigan hometown.
At the end of the Toronto premiere, Moore emerged on stage,
accompanied by some of the Florida school students who led
nationwide protests demanding stricter gun laws.
"Fahrenheit 11/9" will open in movie theaters across the U.S. on
Sept. 21.
(Reporting by Nichola Saminather and Rollo Ross; Editing by Jill
Serjeant and Clarence Fernandez)
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