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Reviews
#JOVANNAFORFUTURE (2019)
Lovely and engageing short portait of a rebelling new generation
Wonderfully made portrait of the Fridays for Future generation. In a mere 15 minutes the director manages to get very up close and personal with the protagonist, the 13 yr old Jovanna van den Berg from Olst, the Netherlands. She shares her thoughts and feelings about the adults that force her into school striking for a livable future on a healthy planet. Jovanna's story is enriched with short video messages from other kids from all over the world, about the dire state of the environment in their home towns.
Highly recommended!
Demain (2015)
Lengthy, but also very inspiring documentary, worth the investment in time
Documentaries about change for a sustainable future come in all kinds and shapes. Often they start with doom and gloom images of what lies in store if we don't mend our way toward sustainable behaviour, with a closing 'happy chapter'. Nothing like this in Demain / Tomorrow. It's overall tone is realistically-optimistic, showing a 5-themed search for examples of projects and persons trying to put into practice what needs to be done to ensure a resilient future for all of us. Especially its common-sense attitude helps the viewer to relate easily to the (young) film makers. It is quite lengthy (118 minutes), but absolutely worth your time. The score is well-chosen,with some appropriate texts songs by talented Swedish jazz/pop singer Fredrika Stahl.