Bigger Than Us
2021•M•1h 35m•7.1•Released
Documentary
For six years, Melati, 18, has been fighting the plastic pollution that is ravaging her country, Indonesia. Like her, a generation is rising up to fix the world. Everywhere, teenagers and young adults are fighting for human rights, the climate, freedom of expression, social justice, access to education or food. Dignity. Alone against all odds, sometimes risking their lives and safety, they protect, denounce and care for others. The earth. And they change everything. Melati goes to meet them across the globe. At a time when everything seems to be or has been falling apart, these young people show us how to live. And what it means to be in the world today.
Director
Flore Vasseur
Languages
Indonesian, Chichewa; Nyanja, English
Studio
Elzévir Films
Cast
Melati Wijsen
Self
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Self
Rene Silva
Self
Memory Banda
Self
Mohamad Al Jounde
Self
Mary Finn
Self
Greta Thunberg
Self
Production
Company
Elzévir Films
Company
All You Need is Prod
Company
Big Mother Productions
Producer
Denis Carot
Producer
Flore Vasseur
Producer
Marion Cotillard
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