“WTO/99” Film Screening on the Battle of Seattle
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One of 8 upcoming events at Sanctuary for Independent Media, and 1,528 across the Capital Region.
@ Join us for a screening of the documentary film about the Battle of Seattle, where 40,000 activists hit the streets of Seattle, WA to block a major World Trade Organization conference, an event seen by many as setting the tone for mass mobilization movements at the start of the century. WTO/99 will be screened and followed by a Q&A with the film’s editor and producer Alex Megaro. Click Here to Register Register for the 5pm Be The Media! workshop: documentary film making with pre-existing media WTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization. https://www.wto99doc.com/ About Alex Megaro Alex Megaro is a filmmaker who produced/edited WTO/99, winner of the IDA Award for Best Editing, and Driftwood, winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature. He directed the multi-award winning documentary short Krush the Wrestler, produced/edited two seasons of the VICE documentary series Source Material, and produced the Sheffield Doc Fest and AFI Docs official selection 8:08 How We Respond. Hudson Mohawk Magazine · WTO/99 Depicts the Historic Battle of Seattle Through Archival Media Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn E-mail Google Calendar iCalendar