WTO/99

WTO/99
Film poster
Directed byIan Bell
Produced byIan Bell
Alex Megaro
Laura Tatham
Edited byIan Bell
Alex Megaro
Music byThird Coast Percussion
Production
company
Foghorn Features
Distributed byFoghorn Features
Release date
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of 19 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[3]

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."[4]

Accolades

The film was nominated for Best Archival Documentary at the 10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.[5]

References

  1. ^ "WTO/99". Wexner Center for the Arts. Archived from the original on October 23, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "WTO/99". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  3. ^ "WTO/99". Metacritic. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  4. ^ Murthi, Vikram (December 5, 2025). "'WTO/99' Review: A Chilling Archival Documentary Captures the End of the 20th Century on Camera". IndieWire. Archived from the original on December 9, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  5. ^ "Nominations Unveiled For The Tenth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards". Critics Choice Association. October 14, 2025. Archived from the original on November 18, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
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