PUSHBACK Talks
Landlords without faces, apartments without tenants. In 2019, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten released Push, an award-winning documentary that explores the unaffordable, unlivable city, and the growing global housing crisis. Following the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, the film sought to understand why cities around the world are becoming increasingly expensive.
In June of 2020, Fredrik and Leilani teamed up again to continue the conversation they began with the film, and PUSHBACK Talks was born. Since then, PUSHBACK Talks has grown into an exploration of the social, political, and economic forces that shape our world, and of the actions people are taking to push back against inequality, corruption, authoritarian systems, poverty, war, and the shift towards far-right conservatism.
Join the Filmmaker (Gertten) and the Advocate (Farha) as they dissect these topics, uncover the connections between them, and search for solutions. How can we, as individuals, movements, and communities, fight back – push back – to build societies where every human being has the right to live equally, freely, and with dignity?
Listen to PUSHBACK Talks and join the conversation for a better, fairer world.
For more about PUSH and to view it: www.pushthefilm.com
For more about Leilani Farha and her organization, The Shift: www.make-the-shift.org
For more about Fredrik Gertten and his other films: www.wgfilm.com
If you are interested in watching his newest documentary: www.breakingsocialfilm.com
PUSHBACK Talks
The Shift Directives - Taming the Monster with Human Rights
New things are on the horizon! While the Filmmaker is off working on his latest film, the Advocate will be launching a long-awaited project at European Parliament!
After over a year of work, Leilani and her team are debuting The Shift Directives -- the first-ever comprehensive framework for governments to effectively address the financialization of housing in accordance with human rights law.
Fredrik and Leilani sit down for a one-on-one conversation about the Shift Directives and why they’re so important, and give us a window into what it takes to draft and publish a global standard-setting document.
The Shift Directives launch will begin with a screening of PUSH at 9 am EST/3 pm CET on 2 June at the European Parliament in Brussels. Register here for virtual access to the entire event: http://greens.eu/3PnZLg7.