MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
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Rebels with a cause
MARIA DUARTE recommends a compelling behind-the-scenes documentary about the founding of Extinction Rebellion and its summer of mass protests in 2019
Extinction Rebellion protest outside the BBC's HQ in London
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
Rebellion (15)
Directed by Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sanchez Bellot
“IF YOU’RE not in prison, you’re not in resistance,” advocates Roger Hallam — one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion — in this compelling documentary about the birth and rise of the global environmental movement.
With unprecedented access, filmmakers Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sanchez Bellot follow a group of ordinary people and capture the behind-the-scenes story of how XR was launched in 2018 on a commitment to save the planet with non-violent civil disobedience.
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