REBELLION

Rebellion tells the compelling story of a group of people coming together to build a global movement with the ambition of system change – a movement which grew so swiftly, it became the number one influencer on climate awareness within a year of inception. But changing public consciousness is one thing; changing the way the world works is another. The film grapples with how difficult it is to challenge the status quo, through the radical grass roots group Extinction Rebellion. From the founders and other key figures, we learn that there is a pervasive story – one that tells us we need to keep consuming to be happy and creates a culture of hyper-individualism. Some are hell-bent on causing disruption to overcome this, even if it makes them vastly unpopular. Others, especially the youth, set out to learn new ways we can relate to one another and the natural world. Over the course of the film, we explore these different paths – one fixated on dismantling the system; the other on building the alternative.