2004 Program Guide - DOXA Documentary Film Festival

seen by large numbers of people. Their previous work, This
is What Democracy Looks Like about the WTO summit in Seattle,
has sold nearly 10,000 copies and was programmed on
CBC Newsworld. On the anniversary of the protests, it was
screened in 50 cities on five continents. Their latest work,
This is What Democracy Looks Like looks at the unprecedented
popular resistance movements around the globe in reaction
to corporate globalization and America’s “war on terror.”
Undoubtedly, this documentary will gain similar, if
not more momentum.
The significance of attending the WSF at this particular
point in history made the experience all the
more powerful and humbling for me. As a producer
and director of projects which must pass the scrutiny of
funding gatekeepers and mass media providers, seeing
documentaries programmed at the WSF renewed my vigour
and respect for films with strong content, told with no
fear of Big Brother, full of passion and courage, and made
with little or no resources - all in the name of giving voice
to the disenfranchised, of exposing injustice, of inspiring
hope for a better world, of giving power to the people.
For more information about the World Social Forum, go
to www.wsfindia.org.
Author Biography
Arlene Ami has worked in the film and television industry
for the past six years, as a director, writer and producer.
She wrote, directed and produced the documentary Say I
Do, which follows the stories of Filipino women who came
to Canada as mail-order brides. At Hot Docs in 2003, it
was also chosen for official selection at the Montreal World
Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival,
and the Victoria Independent Film Festival. Recently,
Arlene co-produced Army of One, a documentary about the
militarization of youth as seen through the eyes of three
young recruits who joined the U.S. military after 9/11.
Arlene is currently in production on a short documentary,
Lolo’s New Home, which explores her relationship with her
grandfather upon his move into a nursing home.
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