Bigger Than Us

Documentary

95 min

FSK 12
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For six years, 18-year-old Melati has been fighting against the plastic pollution that plagues Indonesia. Like her, an entire generation is rising up: everywhere, youth and young adults are fighting for human rights, the climate, freedom of expression, social justice, access to education or food. Melati sets out to meet them all over the world. At a time when everything seems to be coming apart at the seams, these young people show us how to live. And what it means to be in the world today.

Director
Flore Vasseur
Cast
Melati Wijsen, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, ...
Original language(s)
English
Credits
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Written by
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Year
2021
Country
France
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Melati Wijsen, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Rene Silva, Memory Banda, Mohamad Al Jounde
FSK Rating
FSK 12
Original title
Bigger Than Us
Release date
16.02.2023
Synopsis
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Melati is 18 years old and has been fighting against plastic pollution in Indonesia since she was a child. On a journey around the world, she meets seven young activists. Like her, they are all fighting for a better future and not only achieving incredible things: they are also completely reinventing their lives and the lives of many others. Mohammad runs a school for refugee children in Lebanon. Memory rescues girls from rape and child marriage in Malawi. Rene gives a voice to the people in a Brazilian favela. Xiuhtezcatl fights against fracking in the USA. Mary saves refugees from drowning in Greece and Winnie shows in Uganda how people can survive with organic farming. How big are the tasks they have set themselves? Will there be enough time? To fight for something is to decide, says Melati: for love and against fear.


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