Film Screening: ACTionism

Join us for a screening of ACTionism, a 30 minute documentary about collectively moving from passive consumers to active citizens. It's a story centred around doing things with others, not to others.

Event timings:

19:00 Doors and bar opens, serving drinks and snacks.

19:30-20:00 Film screening

20:00-21:00 Discussion and reflection

About the film:

ACTionism the film follows Ellie Meredith on a journey from anxiety to action.

“School was a tricky time for me—as a neurospicy human, I hated being stuck in four walls all day. The mounting pressure of exams and anxiety became too much, and I crawled inside myself. Add to that cocktail a rising sense of climate anxiety, and it all felt completely overwhelming. I kept thinking about what I could do. The question itself was rooted in uncertainty about my own future—a future that felt like it was being mapped out for me. But what I really wanted was to get stuck in, to find my people. To feel less alone.”

“I found myself drawn to the work of Re-Action. At a time when most of the actions I was told to take to “save the planet” felt like joyless personal sacrifices—buying a reusable coffee cup—this kind of action felt different. It meant that there might be a way for me to take action alongside others, not as if I was on some solo mission to save the world.

And this film is the unravelling of where that led me next.”

Read more about the film here