Stars back We Are Many for Oscars shortlist

Tim Robbins: "This is the most important film of 2015"

• Russell Brand and Richard Branson support record-breaking British feature doc

• Theatrical release: NY (Dec 4 -10, IFC Center) & LA (Dec 11-17,Laemmle Music Hall)

• Watch: 1)Trailer2)UK audience reactions3)UK Premiere reactions

"The only film I've ever watched where the audience started clapping halfway through..."

★★★★★

The Huffington Post

With the deadline for the Academy Awards feature documentary shortlist on 20 November, celebrities are queuing up to support record-breaking British film, We Are Many.
 

On 17 November, Tim Robbins, best known for his portrayal of Andy Dufresne in 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, tweeted: "@WeAreManyMovie This is the most important film of 2015. It is about your power, your potential to create peace. Will you be able to see it?"

The UK launch in May saw the biggest ever social media thunderclap for a film as Russell Brand (9,755,147 followers), Stephen Fry (9,719,681 followers) and Sir Richard Branson (5,603,463 followers) helped the message "Join the march to cinemas and see the story of the biggest protest in history #WeAreMany" reach 37,400,689 people.
 

With free admittance for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) members,We Are Many can be seen at:

• New York: Dec 4 - 10, IFC Center, 323 6^th Ave

• Los Angeles: Dec 11 - 17,Laemmle Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd

Filmed across seven continents over a period of 9 years,We Are Many tells the true storyof the people power movements now sweeping the world, from opposition to the Iraq War, to the Arab Spring and Syria.

We Are Manyexecutive producer and comedian, Omid Djalili, said: "Good films are about good stories, and boy do we have a story. We have widespread, mainstream support, it's not just hippies, activists or emotionally unstable men like me."

We Are Manydirector, Amir Amirani, said: "Over the past 12 years, we have seen both the shockwaves of the protest and the devastation of the war, and we continue to live with them. But as, I hope, the film shows, we can also see that day in a new light, for the impact that was not, and could not have been, apparent to us then."

Watch: 1)Trailer2)UK audience reactions3)UK Premiere reactions

"The only film I've ever watched where the audience started clapping halfway through..."

★★★★★

The Huffington Post

"A work of beautiful rage... provokes anger and goosebumps"

★★★★

Empire

"Rousing and moving, it's a film that should be seen by the many"

★★★★

Radio Times