Still from Preempting Dissent
Still from Preempting Dissent
 

Preempting Dissent

by Greg Elmer & Andy Opel
A look into the “Miami-Model” of protest policing, a set of strategies developed in the wake of 9/11 to preempt forms of mass protest at major events worldwide.
2014  ·  41m  ·  Canada, France
English
English subs
About the Film
The creative commons documentary PREEMPTING DISSENT builds upon the book of the same name written by Greg Elmer and Andy Opel. The film is a culmination of a collaborative process of soliciting, collecting and editing video, still images, and creative commons music files from people around the world. Preempting Dissent interrogates the expansion of the so-called “Miami-Model” of protest policing, a set of strategies developed in the wake of 9/11 to preempt forms of mass protest at major events in the US and worldwide. The film tracks the development of the Miami model after the WTO protests in Seattle 1999, through the post-9/11 years, FTAA & G8/20 summits, and most recently the Occupy Wall St movements. The film exposes the political, social, and economic roots of preemptive forms of protest policing and their manifestations in spatial tactics, the deployment of so-called ‘less-lethal’ weapons, and surveillance regimes. The film notes however that new social movements have themselves begun to adopt preemptive tactics so as not to fall into the trap set for them by police agencies worldwide.
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Festivals and Awards
2014
Action on Film Festival, Winner: Kelly Thomas Award, Best Social Commentary
2014
Unspoken Human Rights Film Festival, Official Selection
In the Press
Interview
Rabble
Editor
Michelle Ewing, Michelle Chieng, Sanjay Talreja and Chantale Marentette
Cinematographer
Andrew Bateman, Malia Bruker, Greg Elmer, Michelle Ewing, Steven James May, Andy Opel, Alessandra Renzi, Ilya Simakov and William Lawson
Producer
Greg Elmer and Andy Opel
Animator
Sebastian Harder and Or Paz
Co-Producer
Boaz Beeri, Steven James May and Alessandra Renzi
Sound Mixing
Ian Weir

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