Breaking The Spell

Anarchism in Seattle at the WTO Riots 1999

University of Ottawa
Friday October 26, 2007
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: University of Ottawa, MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146), 150 Louis Pasteur Street, Ottawa, Ontario

USA/2006/63 minutes/English

Breaking the Spell is a 1999 anarchist documentary, directed by Tim Lewis, Tim Ream, and Sir Chuck A. Rock.

Using amateur camera footage recorded by protesters at the scene of the 1999 WTO riots, it documents the riot from the perspective of the anarchists, their opinions of fellow protesters, local politicians, and includes footage which aired nationally on 60 Minutes.

The film is currently distributed by CrimethInc. on the CrimethInc. Guerilla Film Series, Volume One DVD.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Spell_(film)

website:
www.crimethinc.com

To view the movie trailer for the dvd online:
www.crimethinc.com/tools/dvd.html

Breaking the Spell movie trailer and extra clips:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9073827608399871128

News articles about the WTO riots in 1999.

www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2143

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTO_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999_protest_...

Media:

Footage of the police riots in 1999 in Seattle.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdRlOfNIBh0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBOq8XWS798

Directed by Tim Lewis, Tim Ream and Sir Chuck A. Rock

Music by Suspect
Tony Infamous
John Zorn
Mystic Journeymen
Presage
Chumbawamba
Ben Harper
AHISMA
Gill
Jim Page

Editing by Tim Lewis

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