WTO/99

WTO/99 is a 2025 American documentary film about the 1999 Seattle WTO protests. The film is told entirely through archive footage. It is edited, produced, and directed by Ian Bell. It premiered at the True/False Film Festival in February 2025.

Reception

Vikram Murthi of IndieWire gave the film a B+ and wrote, "The ominous tone WTO/99 slowly adopts suggests a perennial truth, one that becomes more frustrating as time marches on: We will witness history repeat itself again and again until we choose to learn from it."

Accolades

The film was nominated for Best Archival Documentary at the 10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.