By Katherine Dodds On October 07, 2008 | 0 Comments
Watching the new feature film of Battle in Seattle brought me right back there, I could almost smell the tear gas. The feature film depicting the real events in Seattle in 1999 comes out on Friday October 17 in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Check out the trailer. Battle in Seattle dramatizes real events with some high profile actors, but all the footage that isn't acted is actual footage from the WTO protest, collected from the many film crews that were there including the makers of The Corporation. It was the early days and Mark Achbar had three different camera crews running around Seattle.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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By Katherine Dodds On September 26, 2008 | 0 Comments
French President Sarkozy says the days when "the all powerful market is always right are over". This footage part of a Real News Network video today that offers a less US-centric view of the alleged "bail out". Or, as economist and historian Dr. Michael Hudson tells the Real News crew, it's not a "bailout" but a "giveaway" and will create a new kleptocracy of billionaires.
By Katherine Dodds On September 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
The VIFF Is happening... last night DOC and POV celebrated 25 years with a party at the VanCity Theatre. Next week don't miss World Premieres of FEIRCE LIGHT, and BLUE GOLD ... watch this blog for info! TONIGHT join us at Radical Entertainment for a FREE evening of short online political films...
"Politube"includes a screening of our own Feminist Heritage Minute animation (created for Inter Pares a Social Justice organization based in Ottawa), our cohort Naomi Klein’s viral short film to promote The Shock Doctrine, our GNN pal Stephen Marshall’s "Channel Surfing the Apocalypse", and more!
5:30 -8 pm: NEW MEDIA BC Networking sessions (and I hear there is free beer if you get there early) 8-9:30pm “Politube” -- screening. Location: Radical Entertainment
By Katherine Dodds On August 07, 2008 | 0 Comments
Because of the box-office success of The Corporation Mark Achbar was given a performance envelope from Telefilm Canada which he has been using to support many social issue doc-makers. (I confess I am one of them, so my bias is showing.) While Mark was thrilled to get the money, he discovered there is a double standard when it comes to documentaries. (You can check out Mark's article in the latest POV.)
By Katherine Dodds On May 01, 2008 | 0 Comments
Check out our "Feminist Heritage Minute" created for Inter Pares Mother's Day Campaign!
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