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Battle in Seattle is a 2007 political action - thriller film written and directed by Stuart Townsend, in his directorial debut. The story is loosely based on the protest activity at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2007.
The 1999 Seattle WTO protests, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle, were a series of anti-globalization protests surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, when members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) convened at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on November 30, 1999. The Conference was to be the launch of a new millennial round ...
May 7, 2008 · A docu-drama that shows the events of the 1999 World Trade Organization conference in Seattle, where activists clashed with police and delegates. The film features Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Andre 3000 and other stars in a realistic and tense portrayal of the riots.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Stuart Townsend
- 2008-05-07
Peter Silverton. Seattle WTO protests of 1999, a series of marches, direct actions, and protests carried out from November 28 through December 3, 1999, that disrupted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington. Comprising a broad and diffuse coalition of the American Federation.
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- Stuart Townsend
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- André Benjamin
Nov 30, 2020 · A 2000 article that recounts the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization and its impact on the global movement against corporate power and unregulated markets. It covers the diverse and broad coalition of protesters, the failure of the WTO talks, the internal conflicts among countries and the challenges for the movement.
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November 1999, and five days are about to rock the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade O...
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