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Civil disobedience in the eye of the storm
JOHN GREEN recommends an engaging documentary film that charts the formation, aims and tactics of Extinction Rebellion
SOLID: Extinction Rebellion demonstrators at Oxford Circus on the ninth day of the protest, April 19 2019 (not a frame from the film)

Conscientious Protectors: A Story Of Rebellion Against Extinction
Directed by Leigh Bloomfield


THIS is the untold story of how in April 2019 an intrepid, passionate and fearless group of activists, under the umbrella of a new group Extinction Rebellion (ER), occupied key central sites in London for 10 days in the largest civil disobedience of a generation.

They forced the government and the mayor of London to meet and discuss their three demands to avert the climate crisis.

This inspirational film documents the incredible story of how Extinction Rebellion came into being and in only a short while grew into such a large movement that it could take over central London, bringing it to a grinding halt and refusing to leave until its list of demands were met.

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