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The team behind "99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film" -- Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read and Nina Krstic -- have between them a very diverse resume, from feature doc producing ("Until the Light Takes Us") and songwriting, to war photography and film ethnography. Below they discuss the Occupy movement and their goals as filmmakers. What It's about: "99% is about power. We peel back the curtain to show the mechanisms and gears that shape our world and then show this era’s response." -- Ewell. What It's Really About: "Our film captures one of those critical moments is U.S. history where everyday people stepped forward to demand justice for themselves and their fellow citizens from a broken system. Our collaborative method allowed us to express the wide range of experiences that compelled people to come forward - a sense of service, the fear of losing a home, losing a job, »
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