We Are Wisconsin

by Amie Williams

Inspiring and rabble-rousing, this doc about the precursor to Occupy beautifully captures a moment and movement of democracy from the ground up.

2012 · 1m · United States

English

About the Film

WE ARE WISCONSIN! is a feature length documentary film now being produced that follows the day-to-day unfolding of public outcry against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial budget-repair bill, focusing on the human story behind a remarkable popular uprising forged on the floor of the Madison Capitol.

The film asks the question “Why should we care about what’s going on in Wisconsin?,” on multiple levels, through an in-depth profile of six leading individuals central to the story: a UW- Madison student leader, a county social worker, a nurse, a high school teacher, a police officer and a union electrician who come out to protest what they see as a direct attack on their livelihood. They all meet inside the capitol over the course of what became an historic eighteen days, February-March, 2011. The film will also amplify why Wisconsin has become ground zero for so many disparate groups, awakening a sleeping giant of collective voices, alarmed and angry at the new hyper-conservative wave of local government sweeping the Midwest. At a time when mass demonstrations have become increasingly rare in America, this film will explore what it takes to spark a social movement. Some are calling what happened in Wisconsin an Egypt-like uprising in American politics, where collective public outrage transforms a nation.

Screenings of this film have been made possible thanks to the National Film Board of Canada.

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Festivals and Awards

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Official Selection: Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival 2012Official Selection: Traverse City Film Festival 2012Official Selection : Portland Maine Film festival 2012Winner: Top Ten Audience Favourite, HotDocs 2012Nominated: IDA Documentary Awards 2012

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Editor

William Haugse & Todd Darling

Co-director

Producer

Doug Pray & Kathryn Takis

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Soundtrack Composer

Matthew Wisniewski

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About the Director

Amie Williams

Global Girl Media Productions is a global-themed film/video production company founded in 1994 by Amie Williams. She has produced and directed over 200 projects, from feature documentaries, shorts, industrials and TV spots. Clients include PBS, Current TV, Al Jazeera English, Discovery Channel, BBC, CBC, SABC, AFTRA/SAG, USAID, women’s organizations (TedWomen, Global Fund for Women, etc.) GGMP specializes in intersectional, political, gender lens investigative reporting/videography in Africa, Middle East, Greece and the United States.

Amie also writes screenplays and and was a Film Independent Fellow for Directing in 2011, finalist for NYWIF and Sundance Screenwriting Lab in 2017 and is currently in preproduction for her screenplay, “Journey of Winter and Summer,” based in Tunisia with Cinetele Films. Selected as “One of 50 Women Who Can Change Media and Entertainment” Amie was also a recipient of the With And For Girls Award in 2016. She was honored with the MacArthur Fellowship for International Peace for her work with youth against Apartheid in South Africa, and the SONY/Streisand Award for emerging female directors. Amie is the co-founder and E.D. of Global Girl Media, an NGO that develops the voice and media literacy of teenage girls in underserved communities by teaching them to create and share digital journalism designed to ignite community activism and social change.