As a film, the 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film offers a somewhat unique view of the side of America that is destined to be completely irrelevant..and it should be. Viewers get to see the youth of today attempt to describe the 'social injustice' of capitalism in a system they have made no attempt to assimilate to or the American culture as we know it. What you see is people who have made many bad choices in their lives, whether is its loans they couldn't afford, marginal college students with unmarketable major and the fringe elements radicals who feed on the weak of mind and backbone. Somehow they feel that America has let them down because someone has what they do not. There is actually an example of an adjunct professor who makes $800 a month teaching two classes. Clearly that is a part time job yet there is no mention of how she is otherwise employed, and yet she feels she is a victim of the system. Another spokesman actually said, I don't want to work hard all my life. Such is the pathetic work ethic of this group. The real title of this movie should be The Other 1%, because 99% of American's would never show their face at such silliness. As the well dressed men on the sidewalk said the reason they aren't going to the protest was because they had money to make.

This is chronicle of the first year of the 'Occupy" movement, its successes, and failures, its growth into something that seemed to promise the hope of real change, and then its beginning to fade back into the background noise of society.Like the movement itself, it's sprawling and messy, goes off on tangents, is directed by many people, and yet - also like the movement - captures something essential and important about democracy and freedom in a nation increasingly dominated by those with the money. It's naive to think that money and property haven't long been a source of much power, even modern democracies, but the film illustrates how important it is not to just give in to the lobbyists, billionaire donors and corporations (now defined as people), even while seeming to acknowledge how nearly impossible uprooting that ever more entrenched system may be. It's brave enough to make you want to take a stand, and honest enough to painfully acknowledge there are limits of change that will be hard to exceed.Kudos to the film-makers for allowing critical voices to intelligently question whether the movement's 'there are no leaders' collective approach can ever really be organized enough to force change. It's a valid question, and one that has to be a part of the future of trying to restore balance in the U.S.

I watched this film on my DirectTV channel Pivot and it is just as I remember from my following the whole thing as it happened and was posted on Blogs I followed.You can see how we have almost turned into a police state, with every city that had an encampment stormed and broken up on the same night and day. All because they didn't get permits from the cities.And it is evident that the ones participating were not all hippies or crazies but ordinary young and old people who were/are concerned about our country. Good job, Occupy!

I just saw the 99% film tonight at Humans Right festival in NYC. This film does the impossible - it historically places the Occupy movement accurately and in a really intelligent and well-edited narrative that shows what help spur the movement. It also critiques the movement and analyzes what is next for the U.S.Me and my wife thoroughly enjoyed it and I recommend this film to any American or global citizen who is concerned with the way the world is moving, both economically and environmentally.It is a true act of devotion and a labor of love that these filmmakers were able to take literally probably thousands of hours of footage and make an effective and cohesive narrative.There were many times in the film I was cheering for humanity. I hope more people see this film.