Filmvertoning: The Loud Spring

I wanted to make a film that explains why the structural powerlessness of the climate movement will continue as long as it continues to ignore the structural power that people have on their workplaces.

I was happy to be able to interview Andreas Malm and Julia Steinberger for The Loud Spring, both superstars of the climate movement. Steinberger has co-written the latest IPCC report and takes part in actions of civil disobedience and Malm is inspiring the climate movement with books like How To Blow Up A Pipeline. The insights into the political activism of trade union activists from Great Britain (AngryWorkers) and Poland (Inicjatywa Prazownicza) are equally essential to the film.

Finally, I was excited to develop a piece of fictional storytelling: 12 minutes in The Loud Spring describe the first days of a revolutionary uprising in 2024 Berlin, when the people begin to take over essential production and connect themselves with other regions in upheaval. The time when it was easier to imagine the end of the world rather than the end of capitalism has to end. I wanted to contribute to that shift.