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The Revolution Generation (2021)
Passionate and Informative
The Revolution Generation: How Millennials Can Save America and the World is at its heart a passion product and the film masterfully incites this passion in its viewers. Joshua and Rebecca Tickell, the directors of the film demonstrate an incredible awareness of modern society and culture and present it in a way that is easily understood by its viewers. The documentary covers a wide span of issues faced by younger generations such as rising student loan debt, the impressive volume of young people working minimum wage jobs, climate change, and political injustice. While the topic of the film is wide-sweeping, each is covered in depth by real people who are experiencing the hardships of each of these issues. The film's heavy inclusion of interviews allows its viewers to step into the shoes of these individuals to generate a greater level of understanding. Their stories are moving and bring together the ideas of all people across the political spectrum. Revolution Generation brings awareness to some of the most pressing issues facing our nation with a sense of urgency and importance while also presenting the solution, millennials.
Kiss the Ground (2020)
Balances the bleak reality of climate change with sheer optimism
Kiss the Ground bravely navigates the harsh reality of our world's current climate crisis and provides its viewers hope in the success of regenerative agriculture to save it. The films director's Joshua and Rebecca Tickell exemplify the passion that needs to be upheld by all through their moving visuals of ways no-till and elimination of pesticides in agricultural practices are restoring our once bountiful earth. This documentary features an impressive cast of activists. Everyone from Tom Brady, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, and Jason Mraz. Kiss the Ground gives a voice to not only notable public figures but small-town farmers from North Dakota to China. Each demonstrates the potential the restoration of the soil has to prosperous plant life that can sequester the excess carbon in our atmosphere. This film grabs the attention of its viewers and holds onto it until the very end, leaving them itching to play their part in the climate change movement.