MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE II : THE YEARS OF REPAIR

Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair is a sequel to last year's A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The nine minute film imagines a world that has finally broken the chains of capitalism and the interconnected crises of climate destruction, economic inequality, and the ravages of a pandemic that have exposed entrenched injustices worldwide. The film makers say that the coronavirus has exposed the cruelty of the system that got us into this crisis but it has also 'provided the inspiration to build a better world'.

Illustrated by artist and activist Molly Crabapple and written by Avi Lewis and Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi, the film was created by The Leap and The Intercept and executive produced by author and journalist Naomi Klein.

It was the product of a collaborative effort by groups from around the world which included: The Movement for Black Lives, Public Services International, La Via Campesina, The Sunrise Movement, The NDN Collective, Global Nurses United, Amazon Watch, Greenpeace International, The Dream Defenders, Haymarket Books, and the Institute for Policy Studies.

In a piece written for The Intercept to explain the origin and purpose of the film, Naomi Klein writes:

'The true power and possibility of this project is not onscreen. That resides in the movement of movements that is fighting for this vision of radical repair every day. If any of us still have the right to be hopeful, it is because of them.'