YOUTH V GOV

Screened at 48 festivals worldwide | Winner of 24 Audience & Jury Awards | Featured at American Association of Law Schools and Educational Conferences Climate Change • Constitutional Rights • Judicial System • Government • Democracy • Activism • Youth • Social Impact Date of Completion: 2020 (Updated 2022) | Run Time: 110 minutes​​ | Language: English with Spanish subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Study Guide (Available Upon Purchase) | Director: Christi Cooper | Producers: Christi Cooper & Olivia Ahnemann The film YOUTH v GOV follows the story of American youth taking on the world’s most powerful government, filing a ground-breaking lawsuit against the U.S. government. They assert it has willfully acted over six decades to create the climate crisis, thus endangering their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The Juliana plaintiffs, represented by the legal non-profit Our Children’s Trust, represent the diversity of America’s youth impacted by the climate crisis. Hailing from across the country, they encompass cultural, economic racial, and geographic diversity, with many from marginalized communities, and their stories are universal. Their diversity speaks not only to the impacts of climate change, but to the inclusion required if we are to build a better, more just future together. If these young people are successful, they will not only make history, they will change the future.  Check out this related film We Have Reached The Moment