Pursuing the Green New Deal in "To the End"

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Dec 9, 2022

"To the End" follows young activists with the Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats as they join forces with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to push the Green New Deal. Filmmaker Rachel Lears examines the idealism, road blocks and breakthroughs as the activists face pushback from the fossil fuel industry and its political supporters.

 

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