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"A Time Comes".

"A Time Comes".

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How far would you go for what's right? Would you risk arrest? How high you would climb to save a planet?

A time comes when the brave, the idealistic, the trained must face these questions. Just how far will an environmental activist go to save the planet?


Inspired by their story internationally acclaimed director, Nick Broomfield, made a 20-minute film celebrating the spirit of direct action. A Time Comes follows the extraordinary action of the Kingsnorth Six, a group of volunteer activists who scaled a 220-metre chimney to close down the UK's Kingsnorth coal-fired power station. The landmark court case that followed made history and the New York Times listed the defence as one of the ideas that defined 2008.