Now available for the first time on DVD, 30 Frames A Second is a riveting, first-person documentary about a week that made history.
It was late November in Seattle in 1999. A global convention of trade delegates, the WTO, converged in a city known for its polite and welcoming personality. Waiting for them in the streets were more than 50,000 demonstrators, including students, steelworkers, and senior citizens.
These protestors staged a popular uprising that shut down the WTO and changed the way police and governments deal with mass demonstrations throughout the world.
30 Frames A Second is a compelling, street-level account of that one chaotic week told from the perspective of veteran network news cameraman Rustin Thompson, who covered the WTO as an independent journalist. It is the story of how Thompson’s objective point-of-view evolved into a subjective account of what became an unscheduled, unruly outbreak of democracy.
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“A standout documentary.”
Amy Taubin, Village Voice
“Polished and provocative.”
Chicago Sun-Times
“A must see.”
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Written, directed, shot, and cut by Rustin Thompson