Disclaimer: This movie is exclusive to Canada.
Time is running out for the chance to reverse the degrading effects of climate change on our planet. For years, the warnings and doomsday proclamations have gone unanswered by the power figures in our government and the corporations who profit from the use of coal and gas. Different species of animals are becoming more extinct with the loss of inhabitable ecosystems that can support their habitat and food sources. Carbon emissions are flying through the roof, destroying the chance for a clean atmosphere and are marked by the severe melting of our polar ice caps. Human inaction has grown frustratingly more common due to the lack of awareness and the flag waving ignorance that certain people in our population wear like a stinky perfume. A call to arms is coming from the mouths of youth activists who have taken over the mantle that their elders failed to carry in providing a sustainable environment for future generations to come.
Now is more than just the title this documentary about climate change undertakes; there is a pressing need to provide our future generations with the chance to enjoy the right of inhabiting an Earth running on renewable sources of energy. Hope can be found in the number of young climate activists who offer their pledge and purpose of grabbing the bull by the horns in this movement. Throughout the film, interviews conducted by the filmmaker lay out the facts and figures of global warming, doubling as rich educational material. The children who should be enjoying video games, Tik Tok videos, and the journey of puberty instead sacrificing those innocent endeavors to educate and demand accountability from their government are inspiring. Laying out plans for reforestation, changes to the economic system, and commitment to the bitter end defines the makeup of these well-spoken young people; a sobering takeaway is how adults throughout the last few decades have come up pitifully short in addressing this crisis.
A major roadblock to the use of renewable sources of energy and ceasing the damaging effects of fossil fuels is an economic system that demands growth at all costs. Some of the activists proclaim that without a radical shift in the way we look at labor and growth, the fight will be a symbolic gesture instead of true change being made. The lobbyists who keep insisting that solar energy and other clean methods of running the planet are too costly and non-dependable are living a lie. One fact the film proposes is that the knowledge of the dangers that come with relying on fossil fuels was known since the 1960s; the federal government should be ashamed of their inaction. How much money does it take to ignore the constant cries of help from people around the world wanting to keep the planet alive?
“Being an activist is a lifetime contract” comes from the mouth of one individual explaining the sacrifices it takes to fight for what is right in the world. Selfishness has no place when the conversation is about sustaining life; in the fight for staving off global warming, it will require all walks of life coming together. The future of humanity is at stake and it's time that we as a species treat this issue like such. Watch, listen, and learn.
RORSCHACH RATING
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Victims and Villains is written Josh "Captain Nostalgia" Burkey (and produced by), Caless Davis, Dan Rockwood, & Brandon Miller. Music by Mallory Johnson and others. This review was edited by Cam Smith. Now is playing exclusively in Canada.
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