“For many years, people refused to listen to me,” says Greta Thunberg in a new trailer for “I Am Greta.” The spot kicks off with footage of Thunberg’s one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament. Since then, her message has been heard loud and clear — the 17-year-old is among the most prominent climate activists in the world, and has inspired global school strikes calling for change.
As Thunberg emphasizes in the spot, “People always tell us that young people are going to save the world, but there’s simply not enough time to wait.”
“I Am Greta” follows the “shy student with Asperger’s” in “her rise to prominence,” and “culminates with her astonishing wind powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City,” according to its official synopsis. The trailer shows Thunberg responding to a reporter who says she “suffers from Asperger’s syndrome.” “I wouldn’t say I ‘suffer from,’ but I have it,” she says. “When I get interested in a subject, I become laser-focused.”
“I Am Greta” is currently screening at the Toronto International Film Festival and will launch on Hulu November 13.
