WTO/99 is a new, immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization.

Aaron sat down with WTO/99 director/co-editor Ian Bell and producer/co-editor Alex Megaro to discuss the film's bracing depiction of the WTO protests, their prevailing ramifications in the 2020s, and whether the event's radicalizing groundswell is replicable in today's polarized political reality.

WTO/99 has its Bay Area debut at The Roxie next Wednesday 1/28/26. Find tickets HERE.

WTO/99 returns to the Bay Area Tuesday 2/24/28 at The New Parkway. Find tickets HERE.

Find more upcoming screenings of WTO/99.

Watch the trailer for WTO/99.

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Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish.