To the End

Name: To the End
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 9, 2022
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Alexandra Rojas, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Varshini Prakash

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: December 9, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexandra Rojas, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Varshini Prakash

Summary: A sequel to 2019’s Knock Down the House, To the End follows the intersecting stories of four visionary young women of color who are environmental leaders on the front lines of the fight for a Green New Deal—a bold and ambitious plan to stop the climate crisis and make racial and economic justice part of the solution. The film’sA sequel to 2019’s Knock Down the House, To the End follows the intersecting stories of four visionary young women of color who are environmental leaders on the front lines of the fight for a Green New Deal—a bold and ambitious plan to stop the climate crisis and make racial and economic justice part of the solution. The film’s protagonists—Varshini Prakash (Sunrise Movement), Alexandra Rojas (Justice Democrats), Rhiana Gunn-Wright (Roosevelt Institute), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—are each grappling with new challenges of leadership and power in the face of cynicism and uncertainty. Over three volatile years of crisis and upheaval, from street protests to the halls of Congress, the film tracks a historic shift in climate politics in the U.S. as these young leaders work together to defend their generation’s right to a future. A coming-of-age story for a movement, To the End gives audiences an unflinching look at how power works in today’s America, and a front seat view of history in the making.… Expand

Director: Rachel Lears

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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The Playlist Christian Gallichio

Nov 21, 2022

A scattered, occasionally galvanizing, call to arms, To The End paints in broad strokes. Yet, when it lands, which it often does when focused on the sheer doggedness of its protagonists, Lears’ film replicates the simultaneous enthusiasm and indignation that propels these activists to continue working. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Nov 21, 2022

Due to the fact that the canvas is broader this time around — and the subjects Lears has chosen to focus on don’t have four discreet, parallel narratives that we can see through to the end — there’s inevitably less coherence to this film strictly in terms of storytelling. Instead, each of these women is trying to make a difference in the climate crisis in very specific ways, but for all of them history keeps interfering. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Dec 9, 2022

Throughout, Lears is all over the place. When To the End focuses on climate change deniers, it can be cathartically searing. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Dec 9, 2022

One of the subjects of To the End notes that she wants to “speak things into existence.” It’s a painfully poignant wish, representative of the blend of optimism, desperation, and determination that powers the entire film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Monica Castillo

Dec 9, 2022

Throughout To the End, there is a clear sense of urgency to the call for action. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Dec 8, 2022

Lears clearly feels earnest sympathy for her subjects and passion for their cause, but the film often replicates for viewers the same atmosphere of hopelessness that makes climate activism a hard sell for voters. Read full review

Robert Abele

Dec 8, 2022

This is a movie that could probably have done with less chronological vérité or media moments and more wide-ranging interviews drawing out observations from Prakash, Gunn-Wright, Rojas and AOC, because whenever we do get to hear them, we can see how smart, interesting and perceptive they are, and why they’re needed for the challenges ahead. Read full review

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4234ef1

Jan 2, 2023

Thanks for a garbage movie about grifting, moral-less garbage. They are a perfect example of why american politics is destroyed

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Kdog152

Feb 25, 2023

The only reason why I'm not giving it a 0 is BC the music in the trailer was good. Just another film full of lies and rubbish. Hollywood have done it again with their propaganda. Just an example of one of the lies told in this film is "the media wants us to fail". That is not true, the mainThe only reason why I'm not giving it a 0 is BC the music in the trailer was good. Just another film full of lies and rubbish. Hollywood have done it again with their propaganda. Just an example of one of the lies told in this film is "the media wants us to fail". That is not true, the main Stream media is on the side of wokeness so, the ppl in this film are ok, they have no brain cells, but they are ok.
Honestly, if Hollywood doesn't stop with this rubbish, they're gonna go bust, thought maybe, that's what we need. Like, we know climate change exists, but this is not the way to tell us. They do what scientists and Greta Thumburg do all the time, overexaggerate the problem.… Expand

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Mimidbe

Dec 20, 2022

after the lies revealed (covid, corruption, ...), how dare they still take themselves seriously!? it's despicable to still play on fear, and insulting!

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