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System Change - A story of growing resistance
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Two thousand cops challenge two hundred tree squatters in an ancient forest in the middle of Germany that is to make way for a nonsensical motorway. The political and legal struggle against the construction of this motorway has been going on for forty years, but now the state, on behalf of the federal government, has decided to wrestle it out - against all resistance. The drama around the eviction of the forest squatters from the environmentally sensitive Dannenröder Forest forms the common thread of a film about the dashed hopes of the younger generation for a better future. It revolves around their growing anger, the ignorance of politicians in the face of the greatest crisis ever upon ma
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Two thousand cops challenge two hundred tree squatters in an ancient forest in the middle of Germany that is to make way for a nonsensical motorway. The political and legal struggle against the construction of this motorway has been going on for forty years, but now the state, on behalf of the federal government, has decided to wrestle it out - against all resistance. The drama around the eviction of the forest squatters from the environmentally sensitive Dannenröder Forest forms the common thread of a film about the dashed hopes of the younger generation for a better future. It revolves around their growing anger, the ignorance of politicians in the face of the greatest crisis ever upon mankind, and the seemingly indestructible strangehold of capital interests over supposed intentions to build a sustainable future.
In the more than 50 years since the Club of Rome report, countless international conferences have produced nothing but tons of printed paper, ghost protocols, broken promises and vague commitments to concrete agreements that are gathering dust in air-conditioned archives around the world. Nothing has changed. The solution to the well-known problems relating to climate change is technically possible, but the fundamental and urgently needed social change does not seem to be able to win a majority
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In the more than 50 years since the Club of Rome report, countless international conferences have produced nothing but tons of printed paper, ghost protocols, broken promises and vague commitments to concrete agreements that are gathering dust in air-conditioned archives around the world. Nothing has changed. The solution to the well-known problems relating to climate change is technically possible, but the fundamental and urgently needed social change does not seem to be able to win a majority
Title
System Change - A story of growing resistance
Release
2023
Runtime
90 min
Rating
NR
Genre
Documentary
Director
Klaus Sparwasser
Origin
Germany
Language
German
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