This Is What Democracy Looks Like 24 years old
This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the enormous street protests in Seattle, Washington in November 1999, against the World Trade Organization summit being held there. Vowing to oppose, among other faults, the WTO's power to arbitrally overrule nations' environmental, social and labour policies in favour of unbridled corporate greed, protestors from all around came out in force to make their views known and stop the summit. Against them is a brutal police force and a hostile media as well as the stain of a minority of destructively overzealous comrades. Against all odds, the protesters bravely faced fierce opposition to take back the rightful democratic power that the political and corporate elite of the world is determined to deny the little people.
Credits
This Is What Democracy Looks Like Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Susan Sarandon She was 54, now 78 years old | as Narrator (voice) |
| Vandana Shiva She was 47, now 72 years old | as Herself |
| Noam Chomsky He was 71, now 95 years old | as Himself |
| Michael Franti He was 34, now 58 years old | as Narrator (voice) |
This Is What Democracy Looks Like Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Jill Friedberg as Producer. | Production |
| Rick Rowley as Director. | Directing |
| Rick Rowley as Editor. | Editing |
| Rick Rowley as Producer. | Production |
| Jill Friedberg as Editor. | Editing |
| Micaela McNulty as Production Design. | Art |
| Paul McNulty as Production Design. Paul McNulty was 42 (now 66) years old | Art |
| Joulie Wheeler as Production Design. | Art |
| Luke Painter as Sound Director. | Sound |
| Malcolm Sweeney as Sound Director. | Sound |
| Craig Hymson as Additional Soundtrack. | Sound |
| Jill Friedberg as Director. | Directing |
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (24 years)
- Release day: Thursday, October 12, 2000
- Runtime: 72 minutes