People Power Documentary "We Are Many" Makes IndieWire's Project of The Week Shortlist

The global protest feature documentary We Are Many currently on Kickstarter's TED Fellows curated page became IndieWire's Project of the Day on 30th November. The film is now competing in a poll for Project of The Week
 
Dec. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- WE ARE MANY,  a feature documentary about the largest protest in history on 15 Feb 2003 and its legacy in other global social movements, including the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement, has been shortlisted for Project of The Week on IndieWre.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/vote-for-project-of-the-week-gwapa-best-kept-secret-we-are-many-the-defector-escape-from-north-korea

If the film wins this round it sets it on the road for a consultation with the prestigious and influential Sundance Institute as a possible future IndieWire Project of The Month.

OLIVER STONE ENDORSES 'WE ARE MANY"

One of the most prominent supporters of the project is the Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone who issued the following statement:

"The global protest against the Iraq War on 15 February 2003 was a pivotal moment in recent history, the consequences of which have gone unreported. Amir Amirani's ‘WE ARE MANY’ chronicles the struggle to shift power from the old establishment to the new superpower that is global public opinion, through the prism of one historic day. I urge you to support this film in whatever way you can."

Among the film’s other backers is the creator of The Rocky Horror Show Richard O’Brien who has pledged $5000 on the film 's Kickstarter page. In giving his wholehearted support to the project O’Brien said: “The greatest tragedy of this event and the reasons surrounding it, is that Bush and Blair drove a final nail in the coffin of democracy on that day.”

"We will bring you the real story, the people's story, including interviews with those whose protest experiences catapulted them into founding 'people powered' campaigning movements," said the film director Amir Amirani. "Most of the people who helped create the biggest human gathering ever seen in one day are unknown ordinary people  reaching for the extraordinary. Their stories will be told alongside A-listers who also marched."

HOW RICHARD BRANSON NEARLY STOPPED THE IRAQ WAR

Amirani has secured an interview with Sir Richard Branson who for the first time on camera will talk about his failed attempt to stop the invasion of Iraq by flying in with Nelson Mandela to take Saddam Hussein out of the country. Branson, with the backing of the then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, had a plane on stand by at Johannesburg airport for the mission, only for Britain and the US to start bombing.

Those wishing to see this ground-breaking film  completed can join in by

1. Making a pledge on its Kickstarter page  

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/733111346/we-are-many

2. Voting for it on IndieWire's Project Of The Week poll

http://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/?poll_id=bc6xv1eh

This is the trailer of We Are Many

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-v-EnIu5HQ



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