Trailer for ‘WTO/99’ Found Footage Doc About the Seattle Protests

“A galvanizing historical document.” An official trailer it out for a compelling new documentary film titled WTO/99, created entirely out of archival footage / found footage material. From director Ian Bell, this film takes us back to the year 1999. WTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the environment. “The streets of Seattle are packed with protesters, many armed with video cameras and in some cases chained to concrete containers. The film also follows corporate executives in trench coats & many short-tempered law enforcement officers. WTO/99 thus captures a momentous event, powerfully reflecting the industrialized world’s inability to address both climate change & labor rights, and America’s increasing state aggression.” An unsettling look at USA’s police state tactics and how divided the world was becoming even back in 1999. Keep an eye out for this – an unsettling time capsule film showing us the truth about what really went down. // Continue Reading ›