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| Directed by | Velcrow Ripper[1] |
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| Language | English |
Occupy Love is a 2012 documentary film about theOccupy movement directed byVelcrow Ripper.[3] The film premiered at the 2012Vancouver International Film Festival.[1]
Occupy Love argues that theArab Spring, Occupy movement,Indignados and other movements all form part of a single global movement.[1] The film's central question is: "How could the crisis we're facing become a love story?" Ripper comments: "This isn't a flaky ideal or some kind of a dream. This is a necessary, very practical step forward for humanity ... This is what's needed if we’re going to turn things—these huge crises facing the planet—around." The film features figures includingbell hooks,Naomi Klein,Bill McKibben,Judy Rebick andRebecca Solnit.[4] It also includes testimonies from activists involved in the movements described.[1]
The film's funding wascrowdsourced.[1] Shooting locations includedSpain andCairo,Egypt.[4]
Writing forcanada.com, Ethan Cox described the film as "Visually stunning, politically incendiary, audaciously inspiring ... a masterpiece."[1] Alan Scherstuhl ofThe Village Voice praised the film's "arresting" and "often inspiring" photography, but observed it may find an unexpected audience in "rightwingers eager to dismiss everything Occupy as hopelessly naive."[3]
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