The holiday season is just around the corner and it’s usually that time of the year we meet friends and family, spend some good time together and talk about life. And in a world with a changing climate, it’s almost impossible to avoid talking about it: 2024 was the hottest year on record, and many of us have experienced intense climate impacts.
What a better opportunity than this to bring as many people as possible to join our fight for climate justice?
We’ve put together a list of new and old climate-related movies for you to either watch alone or in company, and foster interesting conversations. If you don’t celebrate Christmas or are not taking time off in the next weeks, bookmark this post! These are great options for a weekend, or even a watch party.
1. The End:
This new movie, launched in some places during COP29, is a musical about a former oil tycoon’s family living in a salt mine after the environmental collapse of the world. It’s a great reminder of why we need to Tax Their Billions and make the bigger polluters pay for fixing the climate crisis and for the damage they have already caused.
Mega polluters – like big oil and other fossil fuel companies -, and the ultra-rich or the billionaire class – whose investments and lifestyles produce thousands of times more pollution than an average person – are often those less impacted. They can and should pay their fair share to ensure a liveable planet for all!
“We are done with Big Oils’ climate lies and the citizens of this planet should not have to pay for their crimes”.
– Michael Shannon
Here’s the trailer and a message from Michael Shannon, who plays the oil tycoon at The End:
You can watch The End in a theater.
2. This is Fracking:
This award-winning documentary by 350.org reveals the real story behind oil exploitation in Patagonia region of Argentina. Home to one of the world’s largest shale oil and gas reserves, Vaca Muerta, the people living there have suffered the impacts of fracking in quasi-total obscurity, ignored by both Argentinian and global media.
If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s a must:
You can watch This is Fracking for free on YouTube.
3. The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind:
An inspiring story of hope featuring a young boy in Malawi who builds a windmill to power his village. This movie is based on the book and true story of William Kamkwamba and is a great testament of the power of climate solutions led by communities, taking into account the needs and having a direct impact on the lives of people in the frontlines of climate change.
Watch it, and then imagine the world we can unlock with the proper investment and support to our communities!
You can watch The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind on Netflix.
4. How to Blow Up a Pipeline:
How far is too far when you’re suffering the impacts of the climate crisis? Pushed to breaking point after facing different sides of the damages caused by Big Oil, a group of young climate activists decides to sabotage an oil pipeline project. With the same title and inspired by the a book written by Andreas Malm (“How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire”), this eco-thriller urges us to explore the boundaries of climate activism.
You can rent How to Blow Up a Pipeline on YouTube.
5. Sisters in Arms:
A powerful true story of one woman’s fight to save a forest, inspiring a new generation of young female climate activists, this documentary follows young activists around the globe: Anuna and Adélaïde (Belgium), Luisa (Germany), Léna (France), Leah (Uganda) and Mitzi (Philippines) — “sisters in arms” who are driven by hope, commitment and exceptional ideals.
You can watch Sisters in Arms on ARTE.
If you’d like some tips about how to handle climate conversations with friends and family who re not that familiar with thee climate crisis, check these resources:
