EXCLUSIVE: The trailer to Rachel Lears’ new documentary To the End debuts on over one thousand screens in theaters today, but we’ve got your first look at it here.
Lears’ follow-up to her breakthrough film Knock Down the House documents young progressive activists and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in their relentless effort to engineer major action combatting climate change. “Fighting for change politically requires faith,” AOC says in the trailer.
Regarding the urgent need to avoid a climate catastrophe, Ocasio-Cortez notes, “This is going to be the moon shot of our generation.” To the End was acquired by Roadside Attractions after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January.
The version of the documentary that hits theaters on December 9 has been significantly revised since Sundance, to reflect dramatic changes in the political fortunes of climate change legislation. “When the film premiered at Sundance, it was right after [Democratic] Senator Joe Manchin killed the Build Back Better bill.
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