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Reviews
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)
Remarkable Footage Of "The Battle of Seattle"
For those people who wonder what the 1999 protests of the World Trade Organization was all about, this movie explains the rationale for the protests and a day to day video account of the events. The Independent Media Center has edited over 100 hours of video footage into these 80 minutes and remarkably covers a good deal of ground. It was stunning to see the Seattle police become increasingly aggressive when dealing with the protesters. At the showing I attended, the audience audibly gasped when one police officer pulled a protester's hood off so that he could spray some kind of tear gas-like chemical into her face more easily. If you like documentaries, particularly those by Michael Moore, don't miss this one.
American Pimp (1999)
Do We Learn More About Pimps or the Hughes Brothers?
After becoming fed up with the Hollywood system, the Hughes brothers make a documentary examining an archetype that has fascinated them all their lives: THE PIMP. Interlaced with interviews of actual and former pimps across the country are film clips of 70's blaxpoitation films featuring pimps (e.g. THE MACK and WILLIE DYNAMITE) along with other representations of pimps from the media. We learn that many of the cliches are grounded in truth and are fascinated by the moral spinning that is done to justify the profession. And one can't help but laugh as the winner of the Pimp of the Year holds the trophy over his head.