Urgewald - Auf den Spuren des Geldes

In the organizer's words:

Screenings:

• Fri, October 18, 2024 - Sat, October 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm
• Wed, October 23, 2024 - Wed, October 23, 2024 at 8:00 pm

• DE 2023
• 65 min
• Director: Karin Wejdling, Peter Wejdling
• FSK: not specified
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

"With "urgewald - Auf den Spuren des Geldes", directors Karin and Peter Wejdling paint an impressive portrait of a true "David against Goliath", a small group of committed people whose association in the Münsterland province became an influential organization - an advocate for the environment and human rights." -Pressenza

It all began in 1992 at the kitchen table of a shared flat in Sassenberg, Münsterland. Heffa Schücking founded the NGO urgewald with a handful of courageous activists. For more than 30 years now, the organization has been dedicated to one mission: the fight against powerful corporations whose business activities destroy the environment and climate or disregard human rights. For example, urgewald successfully prevented the construction of a dam and a nuclear power plant, and also blocked large-scale investments in fossil fuels. Today, urgewald employees present innovative research projects such as the "Global Coal Exit List" coal database at international climate conferences. In this way, the organization successfully persuades banks, investors and insurers to withdraw from destructive projects.