MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
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MARIA DUARTE recommends a compelling behind-the-scenes documentary about the founding of Extinction Rebellion and its summer of mass protests in 2019
Extinction Rebellion protest outside the BBC's HQ in London
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
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KEN COCKBURN traces the one original language – that of the Yamnaya pastoral nomads – from which all European and Indian languages derive
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the debunking of the iconic British war hero
ALEX HALL recommends a searing panorama of our global predicament
Rebellion (15)
Directed by Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sanchez Bellot
“IF YOU’RE not in prison, you’re not in resistance,” advocates Roger Hallam — one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion — in this compelling documentary about the birth and rise of the global environmental movement.
With unprecedented access, filmmakers Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sanchez Bellot follow a group of ordinary people and capture the behind-the-scenes story of how XR was launched in 2018 on a commitment to save the planet with non-violent civil disobedience.
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