WTO/99

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2025 100 min

Rated
ur
Ian Bell

Director/Producer Ian Bell & Editor/Producer Alex Megaro in attendance for a post-film Q&A following the 7pm screening

PSL Chicago will be tabling before and after the screening

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. 

"WTO/99 brilliantly makes the case for the Seattle WTO protests as a watershed moment in modern history—one with urgent significance in understanding issues we face today. The militarization of the police, the proliferation of right-wing media and fake news, the collapse of our democracy into fascism, and the ever-growing power of multinational corporations all seem to be taking hold before our eyes in this film. WTO/99 accomplishes this convincingly and artfully, seamlessly weaving together primary sources in a bravura manner" - Eric Allen Hatch


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2025
USA
English
100 min
Limited Availability

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