The Red Line - Resistance in Hambach Forest

Overview

When 31,000 policemen take action against 50 tree occupants and tear gas and truncheons are used, a 550-hectare "pedunculate oak-hornbeam-lily-of-the-valley-forest" becomes a symbol of resistance. Since 2015, director Karin de Miguel Wessendorf has accompanied the protests against the clearing of the Hambacher forest and against the destruction of the villages on the edge of the lignite opencast mining, the largest CO2 source in Europe. First it was only a rebellion of individual groups with different goals, but in the autumn of 2018 the protest against the clearing finally becomes one broad supraregional movement.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 23, 2019

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Director

Karin de Miguel Wessendorf

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt10373872