Showdown in Seattle

Showdown in Seattle: Five Days that shook the WTO

produced December, 1999 by Independent Media Center and Big Noise Productions, Whispered Media, Changing America, Paper Tiger TV, VideoActive and Headwaters Action Video Collective, working with the footage of dozens of video activists from the IMC. (150 min.) Showdown in Seattle features an on-the-ground, non-corporate perspective and in-depth analysis you won't find anywhere else, in addition to incredible footage of police repression and popular resistance Each half hour show is made up of segments shot and edited on location in downtown Seattle by an unprecedented collaboration of video producers from around the U.S. working under the umbrella of the Independent Media Center. The programs in this series were produced daily on location in Seattle and satellitecast across the U.S on each day of the WTO ministerial.