Drawing inspiration from climate scholar Andreas Malm's book of the same title, How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a wakeup call for every generation. Earth Day screening.
A crew of young environmental activists unite to take action in the face of devastating effects of increasing climate change catastrophes. Together, they plan to execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Get your free ebook copy of Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which helped inspire the film. [104 min; action, crime, drama, thriller; English]
"The electric, forthright How to Blow Up a Pipeline excels as both truly riveting entertainment and an energizing call to action, in part through the cleverness of its genre conceit: what could be a better fit for a story about collective action and fighting the system than a heist movie?" — Josh Slater-Williams
"How to Blow Up a Pipeline is the rare movie that effectively weaponizes a radical political message by marrying it to conventional genre storytelling. It feels like a game-changer: the kind of movie that will inspire artists and budding activists alike for generations to come." — Pete Volk, Polygon
"In its final moments, How to Blow Up a Pipeline proves it has the guts and lucidity to challenge even the most capitalist of minds, even if the film never blatantly endorses the extreme measures it depicts." — Tomris Laffly, TheWrap
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