
ThosewhowanttoknowmoreaboutwhatreallyhappenedduringtheviolentG8anti-globalisationprotestsinGenoainJuly2001,andwhowanttofindoutwhatledtothebrutaldeploymentofriotpoliceandtheeffectsofthisoperationwillnotbedisappointedbythisfilm.TheactionsoftheItalianpoliceagainstpeacefuldemonstrators,oneofwhomdiedandahundredofwhomsustainedseriousinjuries,wasdescribedbyAmnestyInternationalasoneofthemostseverebreachesofdemocraticrightsinaEuropeancountrysincetheSecondWorldWar.UnderthepretextofwantingtoarrestmembersoftheanarchisticBlackBloc,policestormedintotheDiazschoolcomplexwhichatthetimehousedjournalistscoveringtheevent,andspentovertwohoursrainingblowsondefencelesswomenandmen.THESUMMITshedslightonthedarksideofthispoliceactionandchronicleseventsthatwerecoveredupbyofficials;thefilmmakershavecollectedvoicesofdemonstrators,activists,historiansandeye-witnessesandmakeastonishingglobalconnections.Tothisday,mostoftheperpetratorsofthisheinousactarestillatlarge.