How to Change the World

Name: How to Change the World
Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, Documentary
Released: September 9, 2015
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 77

2015

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Picturehouse Entertainment | Release Date: September 9, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world's imagination. Using never before seen archive that brings their extraordinary world to life, How To Change The World is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement.

Director: Jerry Rothwell

Genre(s): Adventure, Biography, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Oct 29, 2015

A fascinating, skillfully assembled chronicle of the rise and inevitable fallout surrounding the granddaddy of the environmental activism movement. Read full review

Daniel M. Gold

Oct 29, 2015

This absorbing account is hardly definitive, but it teaches movement building without denying the high costs paid by true believers. Read full review

The Telegraph Rupert Hawksley

Oct 25, 2015

This is a film about human flaws. It should not be missed – whatever your views on Greenpeace. Read full review

Kate Taylor

Aug 17, 2015

Whatever you think of Greenpeace’s less well-considered antics over the years, How to Change the World is a compelling story of one environmentalist’s remarkable combination of prescience, grit and timing. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Oct 25, 2015

Jerry Rothwell’s film focuses engagingly on the human dynamics, particularly the role of late leader Bob Hunter. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Sep 8, 2015

This spends more time on the tensions between the dominant trio than their landmark campaigning. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 25, 2015

There’s no missing the polemical points being made or doubting the film is meant to inspire further action, but even hardened whale-eating oil oligarchs are likely to be charmed by the idealism and smarts of these audacious activists. Read full review

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 7, 2016

How to change the world with a movie? Watch How to Change the World anywhere you go. You might experience how much it takes to be a world changer in just 112 minutes of movie time.

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