Rise Up (2022) on Netflix
NR20221h 30mDocumentary
Five activists who left ordinary lives behind for political struggle ask what makes someone start to fight. Shirley Gunn recalls apartheid-era South Africa; Jerónima Monroe the protests in Chile.
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Plot summary
Five activists from different parts of the world answer questions about how political change begins. Shirley Gunn sits in a backyard on the outskirts of Cape Town and remembers her years in the struggle against apartheid, with its setbacks and its victories, and her sense of kinship with newer movements. Jerónima Monroe, who helped organize protests in Chile that drew hundreds of thousands, describes her difficult family and youth in the suburbs of Santiago. The film moves between their accounts and the crises of the present, including burning forests, crowded refugee camps and authoritarian leaders. A narrator voices the shared doubts and visions, and the film asks whether these global problems can still be overcome.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rise Up (2022)
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- The filmmakers behind Rise Up are members of the leftvision collective, which has spent more than ten years filming protests and movements. Their first film, Hamburger Gitter, about the G20 summit in Hamburg, was a success but was criticised for its pessimistic mood, so the group set out to make Rise Up an optimistic film.
