Overview
- Genre
- Contemporary Issues, Human Rights, and Public Affairs
- Synopsis
Cut from the footage of over 100 media activists, This is What Democracy Looks Like
captures the historic events of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle.
The film marks a turning point in collaborative filmmaking and achieves a
scope and vision possible only through the lenses of over 100 cameras.With a driving soundtrack by Rage Against the Machine, DJ Shadow, and Anne Feeney,
This is What Democracy Looks Like, delivers an intensely political and emotional account of
a week that changed the world.The film is a co-production between Corrugated Films founder, Jill Freidberg,
and Big Noise Films founder, Rick Rowley.- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 72 minutes
Credits
- Jill Freidberg ... Co-Director, Co-Editor, Co-Producer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Independent Media Center
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 1999, 2000
- Locations
- Seattle, WA
- Prod. Partners
- Big Noise Films
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2000
- Festivals
- Big Muddy, Black Maria, Athens International, Hazel Wolf Environmental, Human Rights Watch Intl, OVNI Barcelona, Seattle Underground Film Festival One World Film Festival 2002 Vermont International Film Festival 2001
- Awards
- Juror's Gold Prize Big Muddy 2002; Best Feature Doc, Doc Side Film Festival, 2002; Special Merit Award United States Super 8 & Digital Video Film Fest 2001; Honorable Mention Black Maria Film Festival 2001; Overall Production Excellence Women In Film
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- CBC
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Spanish
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