Occupy Love
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| director = Velcrow Ripper
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- Nova Ami{{cite web|url=http://occupylove.org/about/|title=About The Film|access-date=May 24, 2015|work=Occupy Love|date=18 November 2011}}
- Ian Mackenzie
- Velcrow Ripper}}
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Occupy Love is a 2012 documentary film about the Occupy movement directed by Velcrow Ripper.{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-05-01/film/occupy-love/|title=Often-inspiring Buck-up-a-movement Doc Occupy Love Will Amp Up the Protest Set|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=December 13, 2013|work=The Village Voice|first=Alan|last=Scherstuhl}} The film premiered at the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Overview
Occupy Love argues that the Arab Spring, Occupy movement, Indignados and other movements all form part of a single global movement.{{cite web|url=http://o.canada.com/entertainment/movies/occupy-love-a-kinder-gentler-revolution/|title=Occupy Love: a kinder, gentler revolution?|date=October 9, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2013|work=canada.com|first=Ethan|last=Cox}} 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 including bell hooks, Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Judy Rebick and Rebecca Solnit.{{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/viff-2012-velcrow-rippers-occupy-love-looks-love-among-ruins|title=VIFF 2012: Velcrow Ripper's Occupy Love looks for love among the ruins|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2013|work=The Georgia Straight|first=David P.|last=Ball}} It also includes testimonies from activists involved in the movements described.
Production
Critical reception
Writing for canada.com, Ethan Cox described the film as "Visually stunning, politically incendiary, audaciously inspiring ... a masterpiece." Alan Scherstuhl of The 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."
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://occupylove.org/}}
- {{IMDb title|2247646|Occupy Love}}
Category:Documentary films about politics
Category:Documentary films about the Arab Spring
Category:Films directed by Velcrow Ripper
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
Category:2012 documentary films
Category:Canadian documentary films
Category:English-language Canadian films
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