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Boom - The Sound
of Eviction
(96 minutes, 2001)
Edited and Directed by Francine Cavanaugh, A. Mark Liiv, and Adams Wood
Produced by Francine Cavanaugh, A. Mark Liiv, Jeff Taylor and Adams Wood
A
Whispered Media Production
Enthralled by dot-com fever and dreams of instant wealth, the nation largely ignored the disastrous housing crunch that gripped San Francisco during the internet years. Now the bubble has popped and most of the startups are gone, but the tidal wave of gentrification that came with the new industry has changed the city and its political landscape forever. This sprawling and ambitious documentary takes stock of the dot-com boom and bust and asks the question - Who benefited? An informative but untraditional documentary, the movie delves into the ironies and contradictions of the "New Economy" and delivers a potent blend of radical politics, impressionistic meditations, and moving personal stories. We move easily between dot-com party crashing at one end of the economic spectrum and painful moments with families pushed out of their homes at the other. Features interviews with dot-com workers, real estate developers, and mayor Willie Brown as well as those who challenged the new economic order with community organizing, direct action, and progressive movement building.
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background at: www.boomthemovie.org Drawing on the hard work of dozens of volunteer videographers,
Breaking the Bank is a fast-moving collaborative work that documents and explains
the April protests against the IMF and the World Bank. Unlike the corporate
media coverage of this historic event, this new video explores the issues that
drove the protests. Breaking the Bank features interviews with luminaries such
as Dr. Vandana Shiva, as well as figures such as Susan Sarandon, Micheal Moore,
and Zach De La Roche of Rage Against the Machine. Scenes of confrontation and
harassment by a brutal police force are intercut with the passionate actions
of thousands of protestors. Breaking the Bank is a testament to the creativity,
and conviction of the growing movement against corporate globalization. More on "Breaking the Bank," the IMF/World
Bank and the April 2000 protests in Washington, DC
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days
that shook the WTO Showdown in Seattle features an on-the-ground, non-corporate perspective and
in-depth analysis you won't find anywhere else, in addition to incredible footage
of police repression and popular resistance. Each half hour show is made up
of segments shot and edited on location in downtown Seattle by an unprecedented
collaboration of video producers from around the U.S. working under the umbrella
of the Independant Media Center. The programs in this series were produced daily
on location in Seattle and satellitecast across the U.S on each day of the WTO
ministerial. More on "Showdown in
Seattle," the WTO and the historic 1999 protests in Seattle
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Breaking
the Bank
(74 minutes, 2000)
Produced by Big Noise Films, Changing America, Headwaters Action Video Collective,
JustAct, Paper Tiger TV, Sleeping Giant Productions, VideoActive and Whispered
Media, in conjunction with the Independent Media Center and the footage of dozens
of video activists
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(150 minutes, 1999)
Produced by Big Noise Productions, Changing America, Headwaters Action Video Collective,
Paper Tiger TV, VideoActive and Whispered Media, in conjunction with the Independent
Media Center and the footage of dozens of video activists
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SHUT EM DOWN!
(9 minutes, 2000)
Edited and Directed by Francine Cavanaugh, A. Mark Liiv, Jeff Taylor and Adams
Wood.
Produced
by Whispered Media
An expressive celebration of the victory over the WTO. This video links the issues behind the WTO protests with those surrounding the two major institutions of global finance - the IMF and World Bank. It was produced as a call to action for the meeting of the world bank and IMF, that took place in Washington DC on April 16, 2000.
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The Pie's the Limit
A chronicle of the global pastry uprising of the Biotic Baking Brigade, starring
San Francisco mayor Willie Brown and the CEOs of Chevron and Monsanto. This
video features a cornucopia of political pie-throwings in San Francisco and
beyond, including a brief history of consumable comedy and behind the scenes
interviews with *real* underground pie tossers... Plus, corporate media analysis
and in-your-face politics.
(28 minutes, 1999)
Edited and Directed by A. Mark Liiv and Jeff Taylor
Produced by Whispered Media
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Reclaim May Day: San Francisco 1998
(18 minutes, 1998)Edited and Directed by A. Mark Liiv and Jeff Taylor
Produced by Whispered Media
A festive, visually sumptuous celebration of the working class, featuring the most colorful performances of San Francisco's first Reclaim May Day street theatrics and traditional may pole dance. The struggles of May Days past are remembered, including the very first International Workers' Day back in Chicago in 1886. Performances focus on the historic continuity of workers' issues, including on-the-job exploitation, the alienation of the work actually produced, women's unequal pay, state repression of organizers, and the continuing class war against poor renters and the homeless.
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Road Use Restricted
(18 minutes, 1996)Edited and Directed by A. Mark Liiv, Jeff Taylor and Adams Wood
Produced by Whispered Media Earth First! activists block a devastating logging road in Idaho to save the largest wilderness area left in the lower 48 States. Musical montages and encounters with Federal agents spice up this 18 minute work which makes the case for non-violent civil disobedience within the environmental movement. Women‘s suffrage, civil rights, and the need to keep our wild places wild- this piece places all these struggles in the same context while illustrating how direct action can work with legal challenges to prevent permanent environmental destruction. Features the late Earth First! and labor activist Judi Bari and a haunting Federal raid on the makeshift road blockade.
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