Fun with Battle in Seattle

September 19, 2008 at 3:27 pm · Filed under Calling All Anarchists, posted by

Today, Hollywood’s take on the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Battle in Seattle premiers in cities across the US. Strangely, one of the most important events in recent anarchist history is about to be re-broadcast to the world through Hollywood’s lens.  Though the director of the movie claims his aim is to accurately represent the events of the protests, there are obviously some holes to be filled. We’ve composed a flyer to be distributed wherever the movie is shown, to help give movie-goers a better sense of where the anarchist movement is now, 9 years later.

Feel free to print this out and distribute it outside of movie theatres, or compose your own flier. Especially if this movie gets picked up for wider distribution, it will be crucial that we are there to present our side of the story, and to fan the flames of inspiration for anyone who may be excited to learn about what happened 9 years ago in Seattle.

Download the printable PDF here [1.5MB]

Complete list of screenings at http://www.battleinseattlemovie.com/tickets/

somename said,

September 25, 2008 @ 2:47 pm

This is good, this certainly presents an even better opportunity than V for Vendetta to put anarchy into public discourse. Also, I think that this movie is quite ripe for disruptions during or after screenings, as the film ends with a montage of anti-globalization resistance at all the different summits and closes with “The battle continues…”

mobius1ski said,

October 3, 2008 @ 7:28 pm

I was very displeased with the portrayal of anarchists in this film. They are shown endangering pregnant women, physically attacking other protesters, making sexist remarks, and are ultimately held responsible for the negative media portrayals of the demonstrations. It’s scapegoating and demonization, plain and simple.

To top it all off, it justifies police brutality against protestors by humanizing cops who abuse their authority, making their actions out to be the result of “having a bad day” as opposed to the result of power inequities and the lack of accountability for overzealous cops.

There were parts that were very moving and very meaningful, but as far as I’m concerned, the negatives outweight the positives on this film.

For that reason, if you intend to see it, I encourage you to stiff the douchebag filmmakers and torrent this flick: http://tinyurl.com/4vvo9m

griffjam said,

October 13, 2008 @ 11:14 am

luckily, the only thing people’s minuscule attention spans will allow them to take away from this film is “FREE TRADE BAD.”

yauch said,

December 1, 2008 @ 1:11 pm

This reminds me of what the 2600 guys undertook when that hatchet job of a movie was coming out about Kevin Mitnicks exploits. This was detailed in the documentary Freedom Downtime.

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July 3, 2010 @ 2:09 pm

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July 10, 2010 @ 11:46 am

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