---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:15:46 -0400 From: Any Mouse Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Club Inferno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Inferno: Fw: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE to air in Canada April 16th ----- Original Message ----- To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE to air in Canada April 16th > If only U.S. television could be so enlightened (not that Canadian TV wins > any free speech awards). But, imagine such a program airing here in the > states just days prior to a major demonstration - impossible. If you have > contacts in Canada - please forward. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > MONDAY, APRIL 16 @ 10 PM ET (again at 10 pm PST) > on CBC Newsworld's "The Passionate Eye" > > THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE > an IMC/Big Noise film shot by over 100 activist > videographers > > Get your parents, your children, your sisters and > brothers, your grandparents, your classmates and > cynical coworkers to see the revolution through the > eyes of 100 video cameras. > > > ------------------- > "THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE is a truly > ground-breaking accomplishment. Beautiful. . . > Passionate. . . Stunning, it is a powerful embodiment > of the spirit of the protests." > -Naomi Klein, Columnist and author of NO LOGO > ------------------ > > the independent media center and big noise films > present: > > ******************************************* > * SUSAN SPEARHEAD'S RAGE AGAINST* > *SARANDON MICHAEL FRANTI THE MACHINE* > * * > * THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE * > * www.thisisdemocracy.org * > ******************************************* > > REVOLUTION THROUGH THE EYES OF 100 VIDEO CAMERAS > > > THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE weaves together > gripping video with narration by SUSAN SARANDON and > music by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE to tell the real > story of what happened in the streets of Seattle > during the 1999 WTO protests. > > With more cameras on the street than any other media > organization, the Independent Media Center (IMC) > coordinated hundreds of media activists and collected > more than 300 hours of video footage during the WTO > protests. > > THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE, a co-production of > the IMC and Big Noise Films, weaves the footage of > over 100 videographers into a gripping document of > what really happened on Seattles streets. The film > cuts > through the confusion and tear gas to paint an > intimate, passionate portrait of a week that changed > the world. With narration by SUSAN SARANDON and > SPEARHEADs MICHAEL FRANTI, and with a driving > soundtrack including RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, DJ > SHADOW, DJ MUSAKA, and COMPANY OF PROPHETS, THIS IS > WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE is the first documentary to > capture the raw energy of the WTO protests, while > clarifying their global and historic significance. > > --------------- > "This is What Democracy Looks Like is a passionate, > intense and deeply moving account of the extraordinary > demonstrations at the WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999. > . . As the winds of change blow ever stronger across > this > land, This is What Democracy Looks Like can be > regarded as THE documentary account of t he first > great democratic political struggle of the 21st > century." > -Robert W. McChesney, author, Rich Media, Poor > Democracy > --------------- > > The CBC will be showing a 41 minute recut of the > DEMOCRACY. The entire film (72 minutes) is available > at www.thisisdemocracy.org. > > ==^================================================================ > EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxjeu.aVIXo5 > Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 > ==^================================================================ > ____________________________________________________________________ The ultimate authority...resides in the people alone. James Madison The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
