documentary film by Activist Media Project, 2004. 60 minutes.
this is what free trade looks like
the NAFTA fraud in México, the failure of the WTO, and the case for global revolt
Designed for educational and community use as a companion film to This is What Democracy Looks Like, this is one of the first activist films to carefully explain how free trade operates. It does so from the perspective of the Mexican experience with ten years of NAFTA. Activists and scholars authoritatively condemn free trade as a solution to poverty and discuss the impacts on farmers, workers, youth, and immigrants. Shot in Cancún, México on the occasion of the 5th WTO ministerial in September 2003, it contextualizes the growing international resistance to free trade policies. Music from the streets of Cancún. 2004.
Available in English and Spanish.
English version
Versión en Español
represented organizations
Vía Campesina www.viacampesina.org
Coordinadora Campesina Europea www.cpefarmers.org
UNORCA www.unorca.org.mx
Unión Nacionál de Trabajadores www.unt.org.mx
Congreso Nacionál Indígena www.laneta.apc.org/cni/
Red Mexicana de Acción Frente al Libre Comercio www.rmalc.org.mx
Comité de Unidad Campesina cuc.mundoweb.org
Action Group on Erosion,Technology and Concentration www.etcgroup.org
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch www.citizen.org
México Solidarity Network www.mexicosolidarity.org
Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, Anti-Privatization Forum www.apf.org.za
Center for Study of the Americas www.globalalternatives.org
Focus on the Global South www.focusweb.org
Food First www.foodfirst.org
Chile Sustentable www.chilesustentable.net
Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology, Diverse Women for Diversity www.vshiva.net
50 Years is Enough www.50years.org
crew
camera jay finneburgh . doug johnson . brian jones . sabin portillo
editor brian jones
written & directed by amory starr
produced by brian jones . sabin portillo . amory starr
director of photography brian jones
translation & interpretation sylvie perez . victor sainz . josé ureño . jason wallach . rafael millan
narration leo griep-ruiz . rafael millan
subtitling jason wallach
music tlayacapan . infernal noise brigade
post-production coordinator breanna sheets
graphic design eric parthum
concept consultants jason wallach . peter rosset . aimee shreck
second editor kevin price
additional footage cancún imc . remy kachadourian . jessica lawrence . lucy boulanger & john fogarty . thienny fontaine & nathala rodriguez . jose reynes & silvia perez-vitoria . chiapas media project/promedios de comunicación comunitaria
additional editing jay finneburgh. lee buric . amory starr
additional translation . remy kachadourian . joon kim . randy leija . valerio pizzonia . maureen turnbull . alejandro valdes-rochin
post-production services . deep salt mine studios . denverevolution production group
study guide amory starr . sean maloney
dvd design kevin price . amory starr
special thanks . cancún imc rocky mountain bullhorn . krfc . colorado imc . free speech tv . john bertucci . antonia juhasz . kgnu . david bacon . paul bame . noah wallach . sheila starr . jill dreier . don will . katie hester . flora & victor sainz . tony shawcross . vanessa & lee . oak street café . new college of california . rose, michelle & allison . indyink
