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The Revolution Generation (2021)
The Spark of Hope for Our Future
The Revolution Generation: How Millenials Can Save America and the World takes an honest stance against the polarizing narratives that lead Americans to work against each other. The Directors, Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell are creators of other impactful documentaries Like Kiss the Ground as they continue to spread the message that change needs to come and fast. The film exposes past generations' ideals and promises and how those systems have failed the new generations. The film covers topics like student debt, #BLM, Native American rights, and the #MeToo movement. The Revolution Generation shows how the youngest generations hold the key to bringing on the change that has to happen. The film features young activists like Greta Thunberg as she spoke at the climate summit and shows several grassroots organizers working within their community to create movements. Michelle Rodriguez narrates and takes us through the previous generations showing how change and corruption developed in cycles called the four turnings. This film has predictive power but paints a hopeful picture empowering viewers to take action to grab the future they want to see. Revolution Generation shows that the change that we need won't happen unless we work together.
Kiss the Ground (2020)
Very important film. A must watch.
Kiss the Ground is exactly what the world needs to hear today. We are at the point within our climate crisis where passivity can no longer be an option because as we've seen ignoring the problem doesn't work. Kiss the Ground is the perfect blend of optimism with helpful information that gets people motivated to create change. Rebecca Harrel and Josh Tickell direct and cultivate a beautiful cast of subjects and experts to share their knowledge. These experts speak on the complicated topic of carbon drawdown through the soil. A complicated process, easily understood in this film through visual aids and infographics. By the end of the film, it feels there really is no other more efficient effective option for solving climate change. We see the first-hand results of a farmer making the shift to regenerative agriculture and the stark difference between the agricultural methods. The film is peaceful and hopeful, narrated by Woody Allen and featuring stars like Patricia Arquette and Ian Somerhalder. Truly a beautiful film with a global perspective set on making change. I would really recommend it.