A documentary charting the story of the largest demonstration in human history will be shown on Wednesday 25 March at 5pm, in Woolf Lecture Theatre, The University of Kent.
We Are Many is the never-before-told story of the largest demonstration in human history, and how the movement created by a small band of activists changed the world. On February 15th, 2003, up to 30 million people, many of whom had never demonstrated before in their lives, came out in nearly 800 cities around the world to protest against the impending Iraq War. The New York Times called this movement the ‘Second Superpower’.
This fearless, thought-provoking documentary is the remarkable inside story behind the first ever global demonstration, and its surprising and unreported legacy, charting the birth and growth of the new people power movement, taking us up to the Arab Spring and Syria, a little over 10 years after that historic day.
The film features testimony from a unique cast of direct participants, including organizers, activists, high-profile figures, and of course the public, filmed in seven countries – Italy, Spain, Egypt, Sweden, Australia, UK, and the USA.
Dr William Rowlandson from the Department of Hispanic Studies, in collaboration with the Centre for American Studies, will introduce Amir Amirani, director of the documentary film We Are Many as part of the Politics and International Relations Public Speaker programme. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the director.
Amir Amirani is a film-maker with a strong track record of work for some of the most respected series of the BBC, including Arena (And The Winner is), Timewatch (Concorde – A Love Story), Picture This (Hallelujah Hendrix), Correspondent (Letter to America and Addicted to Arms) and Newsnight. Two of his documentaries have been nominated for an Amnesty International Award and One World Broadcasting Trust Award respectively.
Further details about the film and the Director can be found on the films website at: www.wearemanymovie.com/ [5] or view the trailer below.