The Yes Men

Directed by Dan Ollman & Sarah Price & Chris Smith

When visitors to Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano’s (pseudo) World Trade Organisation website (www.gatt.org) duly invited WTO representatives to come and speak at their events, the Yes Men replied. Their mission – ‘identity correction’. And so they donned cheap charity shop suits and posed as WTO spokesmen to deliver satirical, Swiftian lectures on global trade, aimed to shock and outrage. But to no avail… This documentary follows the Yes Men team on their international rounds, as they spotlight the injustices and absurdities of unfettered free trade. A darkly comic satire that’s both funny and distressing: you’ll laugh so hard you’ll cry.Sun 13 Feb, 6.00pm: Special Preview: The Yes Men & The Yes Men in Person Join Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano for Q&A following the screening and learn all their deepest trade secrets. Guaranteed to be a night to remember. Preview tickets £6.00 full / £5.00 concs.

Duration:
81 minutes

Country of origin:
USA

Year of production:
2003