Climate, non-violence put to the test of urgency
The question of what counts as violence, and who gets to define it, is never neutral. Anger, disobedience and confrontation are frequently dismissed in the name of non-violence, while public debate often focuses on the most visible forms of harm, equating damage to property with violence against people. This framing risks obscuring more pervasive forms of violence, including the destruction of living conditions, the exploitation of territories and unequal exposure to climate disasters. What kinds of political responses are possible in a social order shaped by these overlapping forms of violence, and capable of meeting the scale of the climate emergency?
Nicolas Framont
Sociologist, author of the book Saint Luigi
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Féris Barkat
Activist for social and environmental justice
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Pippi van Ommen
Activist of the international protest movement Extinction Rebellion
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Joris Postema
Director of The System
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Discussions are interpreted in English and French
The System
Confronted with climate emergency and governmental inaction, some refuse to resign themselves to the status quo. The film follows three individuals with radically different strategies: an Extinction Rebellion activist, a diplomat and an anti-fascist campaigner. Their divergent approaches reveal the complexity of contemporary climate struggle. Together, they ask how far one must go to bring about the change required in the face of the ecological crisis.
Menuetto Film
Kees de Groot
Wolf Doyen
Tim van Peppen
