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'The Fourth World War' erupts in Sheffield on Sunday 2nd May

Sheffield Indymedia | 29.04.2004 18:39 | Indymedia | Sheffield

This is the Sheffield Indymedia's first ever screening of the latest film from Big Noise Films who also made Zapatista and This Is What Democracy Looks Like at 6pm on Sunday 2nd May at The Showroom Cinema.

The Fourth World War was shot by the award-winning New York film collective Big Noise Films on the frontlines of struggles spanning five continents. It is the untold human story of men and women who resist being annihilated in the current global conflict.

Whilst the US media was crowded with talk of a new world war, narrated by generals and filmed from the noses of bombs, the human face of the so-called "War on Terror" was rarely seen. The Fourth World War weaves together images and voices of the war on the ground - from the front lines of struggles in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, to Seattle and Genoa, New York and Iraq.

  • "The Fourth World War"
  • Big Noise Tactical Media
  • USA 2003
  • 80 mins.

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Check the website out - Big Noise Films - for stills from the movie or view the trailer.

The product of over two years of filming, The Fourth World War is a new kind of film for a new world. The intensity and immediacy of its images are beyond anything corporate television can shoot, the intimacy and passion of its stories are beyond anything it can feel. Narrated by Tony Award winner Suheir Hammad and singer Michael Franti of Spearhead, it is a radical story of hope and human connection in the face of a war that shatters and divides.

The Fourth World War premiered in four sold out shows at The International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) last November, and it has already sent shockwaves through the independent film world. The Fourth World War was launched in North America at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in January, and was an official selection of the Next 5 Minutes Festival - Amsterdam, Korean Labor Film Festival - Seoul, Films Fra Sor - Olso, IDFA Flies Tropics - Surinam, Cinema Texas - Austin, Big Sky, OVNI - Barcelona, World Social Forum Film Festival - Mumbai, India, ReelWorld - Toronto, Cleveland International, DOXA, Syracuse International, Ann Arbor and Latinoamerica Arde - Buenos Aires.

"Inspirational. Essential. THE FOURTH WORLD WAR documents the history of the future before it is born. . . and while we can still do something about it." - Peter Wintonick, International Editor, POV (Point-of-View Magazine)

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