This Changes Everything

Synopsis

Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. The film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

Director Biography

Avi Lewis is a filmmaker and TV host with a 25 year history of pushing the boundaries of mainstream media. He is the director of the feature documentary This Changes Everything, inspired by the bestselling book by Naomi Klein. His first documentary, The Take (2004), followed Argentina’s legendary movement of worker run businesses. It premiered at the Venice Biennale and was released theatrically around the world. He co-created and hosted both Al Jazeera English Television’s acclaimed documentary series Fault Lines, and the groundbreaking The Big Picture on CBC Television.