Documentary Film Resources

Globalisation

Hope Will Win Over Fear
60 mins, English, 2003
Director: Andreas Hernandez
An exploration of the various meanings of the World Social Forum as an event and process as well as its historical importance coming out of 500 years of colonialism, developmentalism and neo-liberalism
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In Whose Interest
27 mins, DVD, English, 2002
Director: David Kaplowitz
A historical journey through the past 50 years of United States intervention, questioning motives and examining effects of US foreign policy
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Rumble in Mumbai
58 mins, DVD, English (subtitled), 2004
Director: Jawad Metni
An extensive documentation of the World Social Forum held in Mumbai, India, in January 2004, that was attended by over 100,000 people, all looking to build solidarity - and a better world
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Suits and Savages
38 mins, DVD, English, 2000 (plus 'Five Years On', a 5 minute update)
Directors: Zoe Young and Dylan Howitt
The Global Environment Facility looks promising on paper. But does this newest of the international financial institutions live up to its own rhetoric?
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Work in Progress
DVD, English subtitles, 2005
Director: Paromita Vohra
Produced by WSF India
Year: 2005
A documentary film about the World Social Forum 2004. Work in Progress captures the momentum of the Mumbai meet as well as the history of the Forum, the issues that it seeks to address and the reasons why those issues need attention.