“Activism on Screen: 3 Must-Watch Films and Series on Netflix and Disney+”

While the fight against pension reform continues in France, the editorial staff of CNET France has thought of concocting a list of films and series to see for those who are interested in activism. Available on Netflix and Disney+, each of these works takes a look at what fighting for your ideas really entails.

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Find out now. : 120 beats per minute, Chicago septs et Dear White People.

What films and series are to be seen tonight on Netflix and Disney+?

A film about the fight against AIDS: 120 beats per minute (Disney+)

Synopsis

Early 1990s. While AIDS has been killing people for almost ten years, the activists of Act Up-Paris are stepping up their actions to fight against general indifference. A newcomer to the association, Nathan will be overwhelmed by Sean’s radicalism.

The opinion of CNET France

With 120 beats per minute, director and screenwriter Robin Campillo offers viewers a film that is as moving as it is hard-hitting. Through the journeys of Nathan, Sean, and all those with whom they fight against AIDS, the film proves to be as much a historical fresco as a poignant love story. United to move the French state in the face of the devastation caused by the AIDS epidemic, the characters of the film fight tirelessly for a cause which, for many of them, is a matter of life and death. .

Campillo’s stylized and vigorous staging gives the film all its emotion and power. It allows you to discover a little explored subject in French cinema while emphasizing the difficulties of activism. Between the debates of the Act Up Paris association and the actions that its activists carry out to open the eyes of a society that has nothing to do with the lives of HIV-positive people, 120 beats per minute acts as a point of view that makes people realize that fighting for your beliefs has never ceased to be important.

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A film about opposing the war: The Chicago Sevens (Netflix)

Synopsis

In 1969, seven men were charged with conspiracy and incitement to revolt by the US government. Activists from various militant groups opposed to the Vietnam War, they participated in and organized a demonstration on the sidelines of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The peaceful protest then turned into a confrontation with the police.

The opinion of CNET France

Inspired by real facts, Chicago Sevenths tells of a trial as interesting as it is absurd in which seven men, most of whom do not even know each other, are accused of conspiracy by the Nixon administration. The only thing that unites them and really bothers the government is their fight against the war in Vietnam. To paint the portrait of these men, director Aaron Sorkin has surrounded himself with a gallery of first-class actors who do not disappoint, from Sasha Baron Cohen to Eddie Redmayne via Yahya Abdul-Mateen II or Jeremy Strong.

Committed work that denounces the instrumentalization of justice by the American presidency, Chicago Sevenths is a film masterfully directed by Sorkin who uses both his talent as a screenwriter and his sense of direction here to great effect. With biting dialogues and the superposition of the plot between the trial and the demonstration that caused it, the director signs a feature film that is as much a historical fresco as an echo of current events.

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A series against social injustice and racism: Dear White People (Netflix)

Synopsis

Adaptation of the eponymous 2014 film, Dear White People follows the tribulations of black students at the prestigious University of Winchester as they speak out against the injustices and inequalities observed on their campus.

The opinion of CNET France

Thanks to the biting pen of its creator, Justin Simien, Dear White People has established itself as a series that does not mince its words from its first season on Netflix. Sassy, ​​she examines often difficult and sometimes disturbing questions about racism in contemporary American society through the eyes of students who navigate these troubled waters as best they can.

Both funny and dramatic, wacky and serious, bizarre and brilliant, Dear White People seduces with its dialogues and its extraordinary narration, and likes to embark the viewer in sometimes particularly strange scenarios. Between an example of police brutality and the use of the “N-word” by white people, its characters are invited to take a stand for what they believe in. Because of this, the series pushes not only its protagonists to reflect but also its audience, and that never hurts.

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