Greta Thunberg y hasta el mismísimo Wim Wenders pasaron por delante de la cámara del fotógrafo y documentalista Jim Rakete para agitar el debate sobre la justicia climática y generacional, un reto que no podemos permitirnos perder de vista porque más que nunca “it’s now or never”.
"Now" nos muestra cómo distintos activistas de todas las partes del planeta están desafiando el status quo actual y luchando por un cambio social y político. Centrándose en ellos, el documental se cuestiona qué implica ser un activista y qué se juegan en su lucha por defender el planeta.
In 2020, the USA experienced a multiple catastrophe: No other country in the world was hit so badly by the coronavirus pandemic, the economic slump was dramatic, and so was the rise in unemployment. A rift ran through society. In the streets there were protests of both camps with violent riots, authoritarian traits were evident in the actions of the leader of the nation. And all of this in the middle of the election year, when the self-centered president fought vehemently for his re-election. From the start of his presidency, Donald Trump had divided American society, incited individual sections of the population against one another, fueled racism, hatred, xenophobia and prejudice, insulted competitors and denigrated critical journalists as enemies of the people. The documentary shows how this could happen and what role the targeted disinformation of certain sections of the population through manipulative media played.
