Here’s one more interesting documentary on our experiences in 1999: Today We Have The Power: Spirituality and the Seattle WTO Protests. There will be a screening here in Seattle on Nov 30th – 6pm at UW’s Johnson Hall.
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30 Frames A Second:The WTO in Seattle
Here’s one more of a great lineup of movies about the 99 WTO protests: Rustin Thompson’s award-winning 30 Frames A Second:The WTO in Seattle. The Seattle Times called 30 Frames A Second:The WTO in Seattle the “definitive record of that week’s turbulent events”; The Stranger said the film was “one of the more aesthetically resonant [...]
If you were wondering….
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!!! This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization summit in 1999. This is a must see for anyone who was part of the WTO protests in 1999 as well as for anyone who wants to know [...]
Trade Off
If you didn’t see this movie when it came out – now is time to check it out. “No film better captures the spirit, chaos, joy, power and meaning of the Battle of Seattle, than Shaya Mercer’s Trade Off. Made under the most difficult conditions, the film itself brings an articulate new voice to this [...]
Maude Barlow Reflects on Seattle + 10
10 Years Later: The Battle in Seattle and beyond, By Maude Barlow For many people, the mass demonstrations ten years ago in Seattle against the World Trade Organization appeared entirely spontaneous. In fact, they were the result of an unprecedented solidarity among disparate social groups and civil society organizations convinced that corporate globalization was failing [...]
