This award winning documentary, narrated by Lou Reed, explores the breadth and depth of Occupy Wall Street and how it quickly grew from a small park in lower Manhattan to an international movement. The film highlights why people from diverse age, ethnic and financial backgrounds support the movement and its focus of removing money from politics in order to reclaim democracy from entrenched corporate interests so that critical issues including job creation, affordable access to health and education, protecting the environment and gun safety can be fully addressed. Featuring interviews with a wide range of subjects including Occupiers, economist Jeffrey Sachs and business magnate Russell Simmons.
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film is a 2013 documentary film about the Occupy Wall Street movement directed by Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic, and co-directed by Katie Teague, Peter Leeman, Aric Gutnick, Doree Simon, and Abby Martin. The project features the work of more than 100 collaborators who contributed approximately 18 terabytes of film footage from dozens of American cities. Commentators include Naomi Wolf, Matt Taibbi, and Micah White.
