High Tide Don't Hide

New Zealand documentary following Kiwi teenage activists in 2019 as they co-ordinate strikes, protests, and rallies in the hopes of challenging everyone to avert the incoming climate crisis.

In the small, coastal town Thames, 15 year olds Helena and Lillian battle with climate deniers and their mayor to acknowledge that rising sea levels will sink their streets. Near the country’s capital, 18 year old Sophie strives to bring the School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) national movement together, while running for council. In the biggest city, Auckland, SS4C local leader 17-year-old Luke is increasingly pushing towards nonviolent direct action, willing to be arrested if it’ll make headlines. In South Auckland, 16 year old prize-winning performance poet Aigagaleifili forms a breakaway group to ensure that the devastation of climate change on Pacific nations is acknowledged, including within the student strike movement. Ignoring it is genocide.

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