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In 1971 a small group of activists set sail from Vancouver, Canada in an old fishing boat. Their mission was to stop Nixon’s atomic test bomb in Amchitka, Alaska. Chronicling this untold story at the birth of the modern environmental movement and with access to dramatic archive footage unseen for over 40 years, the film centres on eco-hero Robert Hunter and his part in the creation of the global organization we now know as Greenpeace.

Alongside a group of like-minded and idealistic young friends in the ‘70s, Hunter would be instrumental in altering the way we look at the world and our place within it. These early pioneers captured their daring and sometimes jaw-dropping actions on film and from this director Jerry Rothwell has made a thrilling, sometimes terrifying film. 

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Sundance Film Festival 2015
Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2015
Sydney Film Festival 2015
Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) 2016
Special Screenings: Day of Cinema and Climate Change

Releases

United kingdom (9 of September 2015)