“Fighting for change politically requires faith,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a new trailer for “To the End.” Rachel Lears’ follow-up to “Knock Down the House,” her 2019 portrait of Ocasio-Cortez and three other female Democrats running for Congress in the 2018 U.S. elections, re-teams her with the politician and activist.
This time around, Lears is spotlighting “a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history,” per the doc’s synopsis. Joining Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas.
Filmed over four years, “To the End” will take audiences from street protests to the halls of Congress. “Some of us have to actually live the future that you all are setting on fire,” Ocasio-Cortez tells oil execs. But the trailblazer hasn’t lost hope. As she explains at a rally, “When you’re one step away from success, that’s when they want you to think you’re the furthest — but you are close.”
“To the End” opens in theaters December 9.
