Filming of Extinction Rebellion
As a conscientious filmmaker, I enjoy documenting reality and filming events that are important to me. To highlight the great work of Extinction Rebellion ( known as XR) and their fight against climate change. I’ve filmed several of their recent protests in London.
Extinction Rebellion People’s Assembly
This video shows the first 90 minutes of the People’s Assembly event held at Marble Arch in London. My idea was to film the entire stage presentation. This would help people who were unable to attend watch and hear the representatives of Extinction Rebellion in action.
There have been numerous film crews from organisations worldwide following XR’s protests and arrests at several locations in Central London. I thought it would be interesting for many people to see the full, unedited version of this event. Short, edited snippets selected by editors for their news programmes or shared on social media don’t convey the full message.
I hope this video serves as both a historical record of the speakers at this event and a resource for XR to communicate its message to a broader audience.
What is a People’s Assembly?
To help everyone understand what a People’s Assembly is, I thought I’d explain the concept.
Extinction Rebellion lists People’s Assemblies on their Beyond Politics leaflet as: “a group of self-selecting people who come together in an assembly, often in occupied spaces as part of a movement towards revolutionary change. The aim of the PA’s can be to make decisions, discuss issues or rapidly organise.
The people’s assembly uses participatory democracy, that is, everyone’s voice is heard and no one leads. The aim is for the collective voice of the entire assembly to become involved in arriving at a decision. Trained facilitators are used to support the process. People will find that even though they have come to the issue with their own strongly held ideas and thinking, they will have their mind completely changed through the deeper knowledge and wider perspective gained through the process”
Documenting events
My film documenting the reality of Extinction Rebellion was filmed on Monday 22nd April 2019 at Speakers Corner Marble Arch. After filming the event, I then processed the 4K media and encoded it to ProRes 422 for uploading to my Vimeo channel and made this 90-minute film was available to view the next day. This film is now available to share or embed on other websites.
I hope that much more can be achieved much more quickly to counter the effects of climate change following the amazing work by Extinction Rebellion.
To watch more examples of my work, visit my portfolio.
You might like to watch the video I made for Greenpeace, filmed in Ibiza.
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