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How to Change the World

The Revolution Will Not Be Organized

2014 · 1h 50m · N/A Documentary, History
Directed by Jerry Rothwell

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In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world's imagination. Using never before seen archive that brings their extraordinary world to life, How To Change The World is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement.

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Fresh

This absorbing account is hardly definitive, but it teaches movement building without denying the high costs paid by true believers.

Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Fresh

A fascinating, skillfully assembled chronicle of the rise and inevitable fallout surrounding the granddaddy of the environmental activism movement.

Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Whatever you think of Greenpeace's less well-considered antics over the years, How to Change the World is a compelling story of one environmentalist's remarkable combination of prescience, grit and timing.

Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
Fresh

Almost a "found footage" movie, it makes excellent use of 1,500 archived 16 mm reels supplemented with fresh interviews and some animation.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh

The goldmine of 16mm color footage, whose propagandic value participants were quite cognizant of at the time, is in mint condition, showing the excitement and fun of the movement in its earliest days.

Dennis Harvey, Variety

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