‘END: CIV - Resist or Die’ examines our culture’s addiction
to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting
epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations.
Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick
Jensen, END: CIV asks: If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the
forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would
you resist?
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are
usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling
from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and
political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and
betrayal of the public trust. We don’t have to make outraged demands for the
end of the current global system—it seems to be coming apart already.
But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in
the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit
hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to
confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this
all-consuming madness and into a saner future.
Backed by Jensen’s narrative, the film calls on us to act as
if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music,
archival footage, motion graphics, animation, slapstick and satire to
deconstruct the global economic system, even as it implodes around us.
END: CIV illustrates first-person stories of sacrifice and
heroism with intense, emotionally-charged images that match Jensen’s poetic and
intuitive approach. Scenes shot in the back country provide interludes of
breathtaking natural beauty alongside clearcut evidence of horrific but
commonplace destruction.
END:CIV features interviews with Paul Watson, Waziyatawin,
Gord Hill, Michael Becker, Peter Gelderloos, Lierre Keith, James Howard
Kunstler, Stephanie McMillan, Qwatsinas, Rod Coronado, John Zerzan and more.
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