“Six lives, six battles, one city.”
Battle in Seattle (2007)
September 7, 20071h 39mEN
6.3
260 votes
Overview
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot and eventually, a State of Emergency that pitted protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.
Director
Stuart TownsendWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8.0M
Revenue
$909K
Production Companies
Insight Film StudiosRedwood Palms PicturesRemstar Productions
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User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
4.0**It has some points of merit, but lacks neutrality.** I was too young in 1999 to remember this World Trade Organization meeting. However, I am fully aware that this type of summit is usually a rallying point for demonstrators in favor of a thousand ideals: rebels without a cause, anarchists, socialists, communists, environmentalists, conspiracy theorists... I don't really know what happened, but there is no doubt that these protests were violent and, to a certain extent, they managed to achieve their objectives, severely disrupting the summit and the life of the city, and becoming a jui…
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Wuchak
6.0**_Rebels needing a cause vs. SWAT police in Jet City_** I never knew there was a battle in Seattle and learned that the ‘battle’ refers to the protests that halted the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle from Nov 30 to Dec 3. Not being a fan of the typical ‘protestor’ who annoyingly blocks traffic, I put off seeing this docudrama; the fact that it bombed at the box office didn’t help. However, it works by informing you of the WTO with further details at the climax concerning the near future, not to mention writer/director Stuart Townsend seamlessly interspliced footage…
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