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Related: About this forum'We Are Many': Documentary Depicts Legacy of Global Anti-War Movement
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
byCommon Dreams
Film premiering this week in the UK details 2003 march against Iraq Warthe largest protest in history
by Nadia Prupis, staff writer
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The 2003 protest against the Iraq War brought out approximately one million people in London alone. (Photo: We Are Many/Facebook)
The extraordinary February 15, 2003 march against the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which brought an estimated 30 million people to the streets in 800 cities on every continent, is immortalized on screen in Amir Amirani's acclaimed documentary, We Are Many, premiering in the UK this week.
We Are Many interviews key organizers of the marchincluding Damon Albarn, Ken Loach and the late Tony Bennas well as the officials who pushed for the U.S. to invade Iraq. A trailer for the film also shows peace activists being dragged away from congressional meetings, Iraqi children weeping in the aftermath of bombings, and veterans throwing away their army medals in a demonstration against the war.
In a video interview in January with Laura Flanders and Phyllis Bennis, Amirani explained, "There was something about the atmosphere that was createdsomehow it had crept into public consciousness in a way that hadn't happened before."
The film "received a four-minute standing ovation when it debuted at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival last June," the Guardian writes in its review. "Charting the biggest civil protest in history with depth and authentic political perspective is no walk in the park. But Amirani pulls it off with panache, stemming largely from the impressive breadth of heavyweight contributors that he enlisted for the film."
Watch the trailer below:
Full article: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/05/20/we-are-many-documentary-depicts-legacy-global-anti-war-movement
We Are Many - Official Trailer - MAY 21 Nationwide Screenings With Q&A, In Cinemas May 22
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'We Are Many': Documentary Depicts Legacy of Global Anti-War Movement (Original Post)
polly7
May 2015
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swilton
(5,069 posts)1. Thanks for posting
Wish the movement continued - I was part of it.
polly7
(20,582 posts)2. You're very welcome.
I bet it was heartbreaking for all like you who participated. I actually had hope, watching the millions that got out there, that it would be stopped.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)3. We are still out here! And, we Remember! Thank you Polly!