Dr William Rowlandson, from the Department of Hispanic Studies, in collaboration with the Centre for American Studies, will be introducing Amir Amirani, director of the documentary film We Are Many, as part of the School of Politics and International Relations‘ Public Speaker programme. The film screening, accompanied by a Q&A session with the director, will be on Wednesday 25 March from 5 to 7pm, in Woolf Lecture Theatre.
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 15 February 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’. The film features testimony from a cast of direct participants, including organisers, activists, high-profile figures, and of course the public, filmed in seven countries – Italy, Spain, Egypt, Sweden, Australia, UK, and the USA.
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/ or view the trailer below.