99% The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film

Chris Hill February 12, 2014 0
99% The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film

99% The Collaborative Film

UK Release Date: 14 February

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Simultaneous International On Demand Release

Featuring: Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone) Naomi Wolf (The Guardian), Micah White (Adbusters), “Po” (Anonymous), Boots Riley (The Coup)
Directed by: Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic
Running Time/Format/Rated: 97 minutes/Digital/Not Rated
Streaming/Download Link: www.99percentfilm.com

After a World Premiere at the 2013 , where the film was acquired by Participant Media for North release, 99% continued on an award-winning international festival run. Now, for the first time, on 14 February, 99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film will be available on demand to international audiences. (Preorders available until the 14th.)

The sweeping story of the birth of a movement, 99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film follows a disparate group of activists who converged on lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to build a new society. Inspired by the idea that wealth and power were disproportionately wielded by an elite few, parks across the country (and world) were soon Occupied. But what did they want? And would their own processes hinder them in achieving it?

As mainstream news failed to find answers, police forces around the country perpetrated indelible acts of violence against American citizens and evicted encampments. Now, the Occupation finds itself at a crossroad: what’s next? In an era of hopelessness and resignation, 99% offers a striking portrait of those who refused to accept the status quo, while analysis from activists, experts, and detractors finally brings the story into focus.

Made by 100 contributors in an experimental collaborative process, 99% was conceived and coordinated by award-winning New York filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites (Until The Light Takes Us).

Production Companies: Field Pictures, Verisimilitude, Gigantic Pictures
With support from the Sundance Institute, Fledgling Fund, and IFP

 

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