We Are Many (film)

We Are Many is a documentary film about the February 2003 global day of protest against the Iraq War, directed by Amir Amirani. Social movement researchers have described the 15 February protest as "the largest protest event in human history." Tony Blair's ally Lord Falconer says the anti-war march did change things:

We Are Many
Directed byAmir Amirani
Produced byAmir Amirani
Written byAmir Amirani
Music byBrian Eno
Simon Russell
Alex Baranowski
Edited byAdelina Bichis
Martin Cooper
Production
company
Amirani Media
Distributed byWe Are Many Productions
Release date
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

"If a million people come out on the streets in the future, then what government is going to say they are wrong now?"[1][2]

The film's title is an allusion to a line in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "The Masque of Anarchy".[3] The film features activists, politicians and celebrities who participated in the march, such as Medea Benjamin from Code Pink, Phyllis Bennis from Institute for Policy Studies, Tony Benn, Lindsey German, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Danny Glover, Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, among others. [4]

After a successful launch in the U.K. and Europe, the film is releasing in North America and globally, under COVID-19 pandemic, in virtual cinemas. The release date is September 21, 2020, International Day of Peace, in an event titled "100 Cities. One Night for Peace." Many of the communities and local organizers from the 2003 protest will partake in this special event.

See also

References
  1. Barfoot, Paul (19 May 2015). "Guardian Live: We Are Many preview". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. Moreton, Cole (16 May 2015). "We are Many: The new movie teaching us lessons to learn from the 2003 Iraq war protests". The Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. Chakelian, Anoosh (27 June 2017). ""Rise like lions after slumber": why do Jeremy Corbyn and co keep reciting a 19th century poem?". New Statesman. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/15/politics.politicalnews. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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