Film Screening - Ökozoid(“Ecocide”)

The department of Germanic and Slavic studies is proud to present the first film in the fall film screenings! In partnership with the German Embassy.

Ökozid (directed by Andres Veiel, 2020) 

Is it a human right to live in an unharmed environment? And if so, can governments that don’t do enough to fight climate change be taken to court? That is the premise of this juridical thriller by acclaimed documentarist Andres Veiel: The year is 2034, and after a series of devastating floods, 31 states of the Global South are taking the Federal Republic of Germany to court. In German with English subtitles.