Youth Unstoppable (2018)

Directed by

Slater Jewell-Kemker

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

6

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a young filmmaker as she travels the world to document teenagers and children fighting for action on climate change. It shows their protests, meetings, and personal stories over many years.

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What happens

Slater Jewell-Kemker (born 1992) is an American-Canadian filmmaker and climate activist. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and has been making films since six years old. Jewell-Kemker first became interested in climate change at age 13. When she was 15 years old, she began production on An Inconvenient Youth (2012), chronicling the rise of the global youth climate movement. The same topic was portrayed in her film Youth Unstoppable (2018), which Jewell-Kemker worked on for 12 years. In 2013, she completed a program at the Canadian Film Centre, elaborating the short film Alice (2013). Her 2014 short film Still was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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