Showdown in Seattle: What Democracy Looks Like (Part 5)

Showdown in Seattle: What Democracy Looks Like (Part 5)
Year
1999
Minutes
28
Film Location
Seattle, WA
Credits/Bios
Big Noise Films
Changing America
Deep Dish TV
Free Speech TV
Headwaters Action Video (HAVC)
Independent Media Center (IMC)
Paper Tiger Television (PTTV)
Video Active
Whispered Media

The last episode of the five-part Showdown in Seattle series documents massive protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) from November 29 to December 5, 1999. Video producers from across the US, working under the umbrella of the Independent Media Center (IMC), shot and edited the video on location. What Democracy Looks Like features interviews with representatives from the Citizen Trade Campaign, the International Forum on Globalization, as well as activists from Japan, activists from Zimbabwe, longshoremen, public citizens, and youth.