I Am Greta

Name: I Am Greta
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg

Nathan Grossman20201h 37mDocumentary

Why we chose it

When Nathan Grossman turned up with his camera outside the Swedish parliament, Greta Thunberg was an unknown fifteen-year-old sitting there alone with a cardboard sign. He meant to film for three weeks and stayed for a year, and the famous climate activist he found is sharp, funny and very tired.

Synopsis

In August 2018, fifteen-year-old Greta skips school and sits down on the pavement outside the Swedish parliament with a hand-painted sign calling for a school strike for the climate. She comes back the next day too, and within a few weeks children are striking in dozens of countries. Soon parliaments and climate summits are inviting her, and her father, Svante, goes everywhere with her.