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WTO/99
September 28, 2025 @ 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm EDT
A film by Ian Bell
An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization.
Director: Ian Bell
Producers: Laura Tatham, Alex Megaro
Archival Producer: Debra McClutchy
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About the Film
- 2025
- 100 mins
- US
- Color
- Documentary, Political, Social justice, Archival
About the Filmmaker
Ian Bell is the creator and director of VICE’s “Source Material,” a first of its kind found footage news anthology series. Ian is executive producer of the series In The Cards, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and producer behind Inspector Ike (Factory 25), which won the Jury Prize at New Orleans Film Festival. His short documentary 808: How We Respond, premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest, was in competition at AFI Docs, and won Best Documentary Short at Tallgrass Film Festival. His latest work, Mass Shooting America (Tubi), examines the impact of mass gun violence in America. Ian was a supervising producer at VICE News where he contributed to the Emmy-nominated “VICE on SHOWTIME” and “VICE News Tonight,” which won the Emmy for best Nightly News Cast in 2021.
Ian is an alumnus of Washington Filmworks’ Innovation Lab, Champs-Elysees US in Progress, as well as IFP’s Spotlight on Documentaries and No Borders Film Market.