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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.
May 7, 2008 · Battle in Seattle: Directed by Stuart Townsend. With André 3000, Jennifer Carpenter, Isaach De Bankolé, Woody Harrelson. Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.
- (15K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Stuart Townsend
- 2008-05-07
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 ...
Nov 30, 2020 · SEATTLE — The “ Battle in Seattle,” pitting more than 35, 000 protesters of staggeringly diverse backgrounds against the World Trade Organization, ended in a striking victory for a popular...
Sep 9, 2007 · In 1999, members of the World Trade Organization arrive in Seattle for negotiations that are closed to the public. Concerned about globalization, activists Jay (Martin Henderson), Lou (Michelle...
- (61)
- Stuart Townsend
- R
- André Benjamin
Nov 30, 2019 · On Nov. 30, 1999, Seattle exploded. It was definitely not the first time -- violent labor disputes have a long history in the city, not to mention the original "Battle of Seattle" in 1856...
Nov 29, 1999 · In what came to be known as the Battle in Seattle, police cracked down on protestors with pepper spray, tear gas, rubber, and plastic bullets, concussion grenades, curfews, and mass arrests. What began as a protest against global free trade concluded as an anti-police brutality protest.
