activist media project.los angeles

presents

 

this is what free trade looks like

the NAFTA fraud in méxico, the failure of the WTO, and the case for global revolt

Designed for educational and community use as a companion film to This is What Democracy Looks Like, this is one of the first activist films to carefully explain how free trade operates. It does so from the perspective of the Mexican experience with ten years of NAFTA. Activists and scholars authoritatively condemn free trade as a solution to poverty and discuss the impacts on farmers, workers, youth, and immigrants. Shot in Cancún, México on the occasion of the 5th WTO ministerial in September 2003, it contextualizes the growing international resistance to free trade policies. Music from the streets of Cancún. 2004. 60 minutes.


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 selected history of screenings
echo park film center . los angeles
sunday 13 may . 8pm

 

world premiere
san francisco.reclaimthecommons.j8

Sunday June 6 .7 pm Theater of the New College of California

followed by discussion with David Bacon, author of The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US/Mexico Border (2004: UC Press, Berkeley)

 

 

colorado premiere
fort collins.thursday july 1

thursday 1 July . 8 pm . Oak Street Café

benefit show for imprisoned activists in Guadalajara.

 

boston social forum/dnc.july23-29

Friday July 23 3:00-4:30 pm
Boston Social Forum

Saturday July 24 8 pm
Kucinich Convention

Thursday July 29 7 pm
Boston Indymedia screening . Lucy Parsons Center/Infoshop

 

colorado.august 2-5

Monday 2 August . 7 pm hosted by the Greeley Green Party
Marcus Garvey African American Cultural Center, University of Northern Colorado

Tuesday 3 August 7 pm The Construct

Wednesday 4 August 7 pm
Commons Community Center (part of the Boulder Coop Market)

Thursday 5 August 7 pm
hosted by rmpjc, CU-Boulder campus,

Sunday 8 August 8 pm
Breakdown Book Collective Denver


 

sf bay. august 13-17

Sunday 15 August . Sacramento
Rural Sociology Society, Session 100

Sunday 15 August . San Francisco
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Session 126

Sunday 15 August . Berkeley
Long Haul Infoshop
Monday 16 August . San Francisco
New College of California

Tuesday 17 August . San Francisco
Unitarian Church.
fundraiser for bail and legal costs for activists repressed in Guadalajara. A Mexican activist working on this legal situation will be present to speak and show a 30 minute activist documentary about the events (Spanish with English subtitles).

 

visualized film festival [4th annual] . denver

13 november 2004 . Mercury Cafe

 

november uprising film festival [2nd]. lake worth fl

19 november 2004

 

films for peace . venice ca

17 december 2004 . velocity café

flor y canto. los angeles ca

4 march 2005

 

rochester . ny

sunday 3 april . 6 pm .
st. joseph's house of hospitality . 402 south ave

 

pacific sociological association . portland . 2005

session 166 . saturday 9 april 3:30 pm

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crew

camera
jay finneburgh
doug johnson
brian jones
sabin portillo

editor
brian jones

written & directed by
amory starr

produced by
brian jones
sabin portillo
amory starr

director of photography
brian jones

translation & interpretation
sylvie perez
victor sainz
josé ureño

jason wallach
rafael millan

narration
leo griep-ruiz
rafael millan

subtitling
jason wallach

music
tlayacapan
infernal noise brigade

post-production coordinator
breanna sheets

graphic design
eric parthum

concept consultants
jason wallach
peter rosset
aimee shreck

second editor
kevin price

additional footage
cancún imc
remy kachadourian
jessica lawrence
lucy boulanger & john fogarty
thienny fontaine & nathala rodriguez

jose reynes & silvia perez-vitoria
chiapas media project/promedios de comunicación comunitaria

additional editing
jay finneburgh
lee buric
amory starr

additional translation
remy kachadourian
joon kim
randy leija
valerio pizzonia
maureen turnbull
alejandro valdes-rochin

post-production services
deep salt mine studios
denverevolution production group

study guide
amory starr
sean maloney

dvd design
kevin price
amory starr

special thanks
cancún imc
rocky mountain bullhorn
krfc
colorado imc
free speech tv
john bertucci
antonia juhasz
kgnu
david bacon
paul bame
noah wallach
sheila starr
jill dreier
don will
katie hester

flora & victor sainz
tony shawcross
vanessa & lee
oak street café
new college of california
rose, michelle & allison
indyink

 

represented organizations

Vía Campesina
www.viacampesina.org
Coordinadora Campesina
Europea
www.cpefarmers.org

UNORCA
www.unorca.org.mx

Unión Nacionál de Trabajadores
www.unt.org.mx

Congreso Nacionál Indígena
www.laneta.apc.org/cni/

Red Mexicana de Acción Frente
al Libre Comercio
www.rmalc.org.mx

Comité de Unidad Campesina
cuc.mundoweb.org

Action Group on Erosion,
Technology and Concentration
www.etcgroup.org

Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
www.citizen.org

México Solidarity Network
www.mexicosolidarity.org

Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee
Anti-Privatization Forum
www.apf.org.za

Center for Study of the Americas
www.globalalternatives.org

Focus on the Global South
www.focusweb.org

Food First
www.foodfirst.org

Chile Sustentable
www.chilesustentable.net

Research Foundation for Science,
Technology, and Ecology
Diverse Women for Diversity
www.vshiva.net

50 Years is Enough
www.50years.org

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