15M: Excellent. A Wake-Up Call. Important.

(15M: Excelente. Revulsivo. Importante.)
Stéphane M. Grueso | Documentary, Experimental

2012 | 75 minutes | Spain

Tens of thousands of citizens occupied streets and squares in Spain, marking the beginning of the biggest social change in Spanish society. This planted the seed for Occupy Wall Street in the USA.

History Iberian Studies Labor Studies Activism Economics + Social Class Issues Political Science Communication + Journalism
Synopsis

On May 15th, 2011, everything changed, or maybe nothing. Tens of thousands of citizens occupied streets and squares in Spain for what was going to be the beginning of the biggest social change in Spanish society and in the minds of the people as well. Or maybe not… And it wasn’t a single 15M movement; there were many 15M movements, as many as there were people involved. 15M: Excellent. A Wake-Up Call. Important. follows one such experience in Madrid. Not the most important or the most spectacular. Just one.

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Main credits

Grueso, Stéphane M. (film director)
Grueso, Stéphane M. (film producer)
Soto, Pablo (film producer)
Horrillo, Patricia (film producer)

Other credits

Cinematographer,; editor,; music, José Sánchez-Sanz.


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Festivals

Malaga Film Festival; Creative Commons Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Stéphane M. Grueso

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2012

GENRE: Documentary, Experimental

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

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