An hour-long look at the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the anarchists who traveled there to set a new precedent for militant confrontation, this documentary picks up where Pickaxe left off. Filmed in the thick of the action, including footage that aired nationally on 60 Minutes, it captures a moment when world history was up for grabs.
“What we’re doing now is we’re having a standoff against the cops. You can see them up there with their water cannons and tear gas. This is people-power in action. This is the start of the revolution.”
”Breaking the Spell” is a great on-the-ground documentary of the 1999 WTO protests in seattle and it’s got this guerilla and punk feeling to it. It’s right in the middle of the action, capturing not only the people and what they’re protesting but also the expectable and extensive police brutality. Again, it’s a perfect showcase of how the police exist to protect property and capital, not people.
“Vandalism is vandalism, destruction is destruction. Whether it’s of lives of property, it’s not acceptable.”
“What we’re doing now is we’re having a standoff against the cops. You can see them up there with their water cannons and tear gas. This is people-power in action. This is the start of the revolution.”
”Breaking the Spell” is a great on-the-ground documentary of the 1999 WTO protests in seattle and it’s got this guerilla and punk feeling to it. It’s right in the middle of the action, capturing not only the people and what they’re protesting but also the expectable and extensive police brutality. Again, it’s a perfect showcase of how the police exist to protect property and capital, not people.
“Vandalism is vandalism, destruction is destruction. Whether it’s of lives of property, it’s not acceptable.”
