Film

View from the Summit

2002 · 1h 15m · Documentary

This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City prepares to host the 3-day Summit of the Americas. A 4-kilometre fence has been erected, cutting off the Upper Town from the rest of the city. Thirty-four heads of state from the Americas will meet behind closed doors to discuss agreements for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Those opposed to the FTAA are mobilizing and gathering in Quebec City, too. Several thousand delegates have come to participate in the People's Summit, and tens of thousands will march in protest. Six thousand police officers fill the streets and it looks as if the historic Quebec capital is under siege. The local population fears the worst. Will the Quebec capital become a battleground? Shot in cinéma vérité style by 7 of Quebec's best documentary filmmakers, View from the Summit vividly portrays what happens when passionate and creative protesters clash with the ideologies of those in power.

• Magnus IsacssonDirector · Screenplay
• Paul LapointeProducer · Executive Producer
• Germaine Ying Gee WongProducer
• Jacques MénardProducer
• Sally BochnerExecutive Producer
• François BeaucheminDirector of Photography
• Rénald BellemareDirector of Photography
• Henry BernadetDirector of Photography
• Martin DuckworthDirector of Photography
• Andrei KhabadDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

14A

Genres

Documentary