This Is What Democracy Looks Like

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Audience Member I would've called this film "failure to disperse", I just love that legal phrase :) Too protest-centered, expected something more informative on resistance and social movements, but still an interesting documentary (with definitely good editing). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member edited from footage shot by people on the scene at the time, this contains the immediacy of verite with the reflection of interviews of people involved. watch this with Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool" and really appreciate how little things have changed... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty awesome, but the audio was horrible in some parts. Production value hurts the rating, but the message and images are powerful. This made me sad that I missed the beginning (culmination really) of something so massive and important. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a really touching documentary about the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle--perhaps the only U.S.A. protest of the last decade or so that will live in infamy. The Seattle police are depicted as absolutely brutal and out of control--and Thomas L. Friedman should stick that in his pipe and smoke it! The documentary does suffer from severe one-sided POV and because the footage was shot by 100 or so activists on the ground, there is a lot of variety--so this story of the actual protest comes across as somewhat jumbled and the video quality gets a little shoddy. Susan Sarandon is one of two narrators. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A suprising documentary about the WTO protests in Seattle. Protestors rights were taken away. They were beaten and gased. It amazed me that this was allowed to happen in the U.S. ! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Awesome documentary about the WTO protests in Seattle 1999. Very enlightening for those -- like me -- who only experienced the protests indirectly & at a distance, through mainstream media and radio. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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