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WTO/99

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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 impacts on the environment, human rights, and labor.

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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Some documentaries just feel like a sock in the jaw. Ian Bell’s fiery and explosive archival picture “WTO/99” is that kind of film. Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Kenneth R. Morefield 1More Film Blog We rarely distance ourselves from current events long enough to really contemplate how quickly the ideological lines we think are eternal and intractable shift. Rated: 3/4 Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Stephen Saito Moveable Fest “WTO ‘99” becomes undeniable in how it illuminates the prescience of what was once dismissed in the mainstream as a radical fringe and the perils of disengaging from political discourse. Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Complaints aside, WTO/99 did successfully plunge me back into a fog of millennial anti-nostalgia. Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ian Bell

Director

Laura Tatham

Producer

Ian Bell

Producer

Alex Megaro

Producer
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Synopsis 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 impacts on the environment, human rights, and labor.
Director
Ian Bell
Producer
Laura Tatham, Ian Bell, Alex Megaro
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m