Important flick
Its not every day writers/directors pour their souls into telling a good story considering how fast Hollywood churns out films these days. Ever since I met Stuart Townsend 7 years ago, he’s been researching, writing, and passionately creating a super complex narrative of what really went down those 5 days in 1999 in Seattle. For those that don’t know, The World Trade Organization (WTO) was scheduled to meet and thousands of American citizens showed up to protest. How did they organize? Online. It was considered the first real internet revolution in the USA.
Stuart lived off a steady diet off Adbusters and GNN while gobbling up book after book on globalization, free trade, farm subsidies, protesting organizations, and global warming, among others. The results? A smart script. Complicated characters. From the Seattle police going to work that day, to innocent bystanders stuck on the streets, to the difficult job of Seattle’s mayor (ex Vietnam vet no less) having to call in the National Guard and greenlight forceful control over peaceful protesters. The tales intertwine in Crash-like manner culminating into an emotional (and real life) positive ending. “People-power” in action.
The movie got bought by ThinkFilms at this years Toronto Film Fest, so keep an eye open for it in theaters. We hope to see Stuart directing many more stories in the future.
J
The website is another world unto itself and goes deeper and deeper into the real issues everyone came out into the streets that day. To get schooled on the causes, go to:
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