Bored with that outdated trope about Boomers and Gen X destroying the planet? This movie does all the things to jolt you out of your complacency.
A collaboration between Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen, Mom and Greenpeace, the movie exhibits decadent middle-aged party-goers ignoring the younger individuals serving them – the era for whom the longer term actually issues.
Fleetwood Mac’s tune Don’t Cease offers the soundtrack, nevertheless it now not reassures us that tomorrow is one other day; it turns into an pressing plea for us by no means to cease occupied with the longer term.
Steve McQueen mentioned: “This brief movie captures the unease at seeing firms and their enablers do harm to the atmosphere on our behalf, appearing like there’s no tomorrow and driving the local weather disaster solely for his or her revenue. However we have now collective energy to grasp a special future. It’s crucial that folks don’t neglect, tomorrow is promised to no-one.”
Greenpeace’s mission is to encourage a brand new era of local weather activists, so the movie will probably be proven on massive screens at Glastonbury’s essential phases all through the competition. Glastonbury’s tote luggage will get a Greenpeace-branded makeover with the phrases Don’t Cease Considering About Tomorrow.
It could be a good suggestion to indicate the movie alongside the Croisette too. It’s mesmerising, highly effective but completely watchable, and for a lot of Cannes delegates the scenes will probably be all-too acquainted. Fleetwood Mac’s anthem won’t ever be the identical once more.
MAA inventive scale: 9.5
Created by Mom and Greenpeace in collaboration with Oscar-winning director McQueen and his protegé Samona Olanipekin, the movie stars Will Poulter, who featured in The Revenant alongside Leonardo di Caprio in addition to Dopesick on Disney +, Midsomar and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. The extra lyrics are by rapper Avelino, set to instrumentation by jazz expertise improvement organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors and vocals from the Home Gospel Choir.
