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This Changes Everything

Name: This Changes Everything
Director: Avi Lewis
Released: 2015
Duration: 89 min

Representation Score

8.7/10

Excellent

2015

Not Rated

Director

Avi Lewis

Runtime

89 minutes

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This Changes Everything disrupts the dominant narrative by centering the ability to act of Indigenous communities and non-Western activists. It challenges Anglo-centric perspectives prevalent in environmental discourse. The documentary effectively subverts traditional power structures by highlighting women's strategic leadership roles. It offers a strong critique of Western-led capitalist structures and neoliberal institutions. However, the film's narrow focus on climate justice means it lacks visibility for LGBTQ+ identities and specific disability narratives. While these omissions are not dismissive, they limit the film's overall multi-layered scope.

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Category Breakdown

Does This Changes Everything have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The documentary focuses on ecological and socioeconomic issues rather than specific LGBTQ+ stories or non-cisgender identities.

How does This Changes Everything portray gender?

Good

Women are shown in leadership roles within grassroots movements, emphasizing their strategic and intellectual contributions to environmental resistance.

How racially and ethnically diverse is This Changes Everything?

Excellent

The film highlights Indigenous communities and non-Western voices, avoiding Anglo-centric perspectives and focusing on people of color as key figures in resisting extractive industries.

How does This Changes Everything represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The narrative critiques Western neoliberal institutions using a post-colonial perspective, promoting localized, community-based models that challenge global capitalist dominance.

Does This Changes Everything include disability representation?

Fair

Environmental degradation disproportionately impacts vulnerable populations, but the film does not specifically address neurodivergence or visible disabilities, which remain secondary to the broader ecological narrative.

Present on Screen

Highlights Indigenous voices and non-Western perspectives in the climate debate.
Shows women in high-leadership roles within grassroots movements.
Provides a strong critique of Western-led capitalist structures and neoliberal institutions.

Limited or Absent

Does not explicitly represent or focus on LGBTQ+ identities or queer-centric narratives.
Does not intentionally focus on neurodivergence or visible disabilities as central character arcs.

Official Synopsis

Based on Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a look at how people in various communities around the world play a role in the ongoing climate change debate and how they're affecting change in trying to prevent the environmental destruction of our planet.

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