Dear Future Children (2021) Movie Script
Chile's government is coming under
extreme pressure
as violent street protests
show no sign of abating.
Protesters are clashing with police
in many areas of the capital Santiago.
The protest widened
into a mass movement against inequality.
Violence of the state police
against the protesters at such a level
that the United Nations
is raising concerns.
When you fucking lie
to the young people
you'll find our answer
on the streets.
We're just really tired,
but not tired of being
on the streets in protest,
we're just tired of these lies,
this constant lying.
Young people put their feet forward
as they walked in protest
against climate change.
I just feel like doing it because
it's not so often in Uganda
that people of my age stand up
and demand what they want.
In Hong Kong the occasion was
marked with riot police and tear gas
protesters took their anti-government
demonstration to the city's shopping centres.
Calling for democratic reforms
and demanding the city maintain its autonomy.
I don't think I can return
to my old life anymore.
Like since it started,
you took up the responsibilities,
then you can't really go back.
Traditional filled churros!
Very hot!
It's weird, because I do
feel connected to my hometown,
and I will definitely say
that Santiago is my hometown,
but just imagining raising
my future children here
is weird,
because I really don't want
to expose my children to
so many problems
that we have here at the moment.
I really want them to have
more opportunities than I had.
Hello! How are you doing?
Good and you?
- Good, because you're my friend.
And because I'm buying a drink.
- Good.
The socialist parties
are already at the square, right?
Yes, right there, where I live!
It's where I live.
You, the youth,
need to really see
You the young ones are who need to see
what's really happening,
because the old people
are now past it.
It's true. The old ones won't change.
- No, they won't.
They won't, that's true.
So, that's it...
Yes it's true, thank you!
Bye bye!
- Stay safe!
See you! - You're the ones
who have to change the world!
Yes! The world!
That's right!
See you, stay safe!
I like my neighbourhood
because I can see
like a lot of different cultures,
Venezuelan people,
Colombian
and I really like that.
When I went to school,
I never saw my parents,
because they were just
always working,
so my grandmother raised me,
who is also still working,
even though she's 70 years,
because the pensions
are just so low
and the cost of living is so high
that you just can't live
if you're not working.
Chile is seen as one
of the richest countries in Latin America,
but we, the working class,
don't get anything from that.
We're the only country in the world
where water is privatised,
privatised education,
privatised healthcare,
and pension systems
still mainly favour the wealthy.
We have a huge inequality gap,
fucking low wages,
fucking low pensions
and the cost of living
gets higher and higher.
But the biggest problem
is our constitution,
which is the main reason
for failing healthcare,
terrible pensions,
and the big gap in our society.
It was developed under Pinochet,
a brutal dictator.
We ask ourselves
how can that be still in our law?
All these graffitis tell stories
and show things that are real,
that happen,
that you can't forget.
This is a really powerful photo
because...
it's where it all began.
Where it all start to happen,
with this, like, to make noise
and the ladies just doing this
with the pan,
the wooden spoon,
it's really meaningful to us,
it is.
I remember that day really clearly
because it was Friday,
October 18
and the government raised
the prices for the metro again,
so the working class and the poor people
have to pay more
for their everyday lives again.
After decades of inequality
that was just enough.
People got really angry
and called on everyone
not to pay for the tickets anymore.
I remember that I was on the bus
and I looked on the street
and saw like, wow,
there's something going on here
and it's different.
And I remember that we get
like really close to my house
and in one street there were
just so many people doing this.
And now the people
rise up in the fight
with the voice of a giant,
shouting: "forward!"
The united people
will never be defeated,
the united people...
And all my friends and I,
we realised that
that was only the beginning.
Joshua give me some.
Please, Joshua.
No, I want Joshua to give me some.
Look, Joshua has given me one.
Being around my family gives me
so much hope,
especially in those moments
when I am feeling down,
they give me this motivation,
because I don't want them
to pass through the same experience
I passed through when I was growing up.
So they keep me motivated.
One two three and go!
One two three and go!
Don't step on that stone!
One two three and go!
I grew up in Wakiso district
in a small town called Kyengera.
I spent most of my childhood
with my father.
I didn't spend so much time
with my mother when I was still young.
Hilda was a very vibrant kid
who did everything very fast.
She always wanted me
to bring her something
whenever I went to work.
Sweets or something similar.
She loved such snacks.
Whenever I was leaving,
she was like:
"Mummy,
give me some money for sweets."
So people
even nicknamed her "Sweetie".
My parents had a plantation
where we used to rear cows
or other animals
like goats, pigs, chicken,
very huge plantations,
and back then
they used to be farmers
But due to the effects
of climate change,
all the crops dried out
due to no rainfall.
Sometimes there was heavy rainfall
that washed away all the crops
and also the rising temperatures
that dried out all the streams and wells
where we used to collect
the water to feed the livestock.
My parents
had to sell all the land we had
so they could get money
to gather for our food,
our survival, our fees.
It gets worse and worse every year.
Hundreds of people died
because of these same floodings.
Too many families
lost their homes,
and mine is one of them.
I remember a time
when I had to miss my school
because my parents
were out of money
and I had to sit home
for four months.
It was really very bad
and from then,
I thought I could do something
to change this whole situation.
By that time I didn't know
that the effects we were facing were
because of climate change.
Uganda's past was precious.
Those who were there before
could call it the pearl of Africa
but I don't think they could
come back right now
and call it the same again.
98.0 UBC radio - Inspiring Uganda.
It is a lovely afternoon
right here in studio
and yet also another wonderful day
where we discuss issues
that affect the youth in Uganda.
Here on the program "Young and Smart".
My name is Laureen
and today
in studio we have the team
from Fridays for Future Uganda.
Hello, welcome
- Thank you.
It's so cold!
My name is Nakaybuye Hilda Flavia,
I'm a climate activist
and I'm a student
at Kampala International University.
I'm 22 years old
and I pursue a bachelor's degree
in procurement
and supply chain management.
So why climate?
You could have maybe
gotten another passion
maybe about the girl-child,
or something,
or, you know,
sexual harassment.
Why climate?
I chose climate because
it is something that affects each
and every one of us.
When you look at maybe
the girl-child or violation
it looks at only one gender
and in the world
we have two genders.
So climate change
affects each and every one of us,
no matter the age,
no matter the size,
no matter the gender,
no matter the status,
so it is something that
is connected to us.
I'll also ask a question:
What do you want the youth to know
about Fridays for Change?
What can you tell
them that can convince them?
My message to the youth
I'll first of all begin
with a question:
To all the youth
who are listening to me right now,
I just want to pose
one question to you.
Why would you study
for a future that is not clear?
But we have still not achieved
a single thing.
We still have not gotten
any of the five demands.
Hong Kongers add oil!
- Add oil!
Liberate Hong Kong!
Revolution of our times!
- Liberate Hong Kong!
Revolution of our times!
- Liberate Hong Kong!
I'm born and raised in Hong Kong
and I grew up
on the Kowloon side.
I'd say that my hometown
it's really homey.
I always feel connected
to Hong Kong,
because I've been here
for my whole life.
I have all my friends around me
and my parents
are all in Hong Kong.
So,
I don't really have
some other places
that I could call home.
There are lots of people
standing in the back.
I just want to ask one thing...
Are Hong Kongers united
in this demonstration?
Yes!
It pains my heart
whenever I think about it...
It keeps me awake at night.
Why are these young people
taking bullets for us?
A lot of you asked
why I'm volunteering as a first-aider.
I said, without a doubt,
I owe it to today's youngsters.
Five years ago, what did we achieve
during the Umbrella Movement?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Since 1997, we've been witnessing
our society being gradually destroyed.
Did we try to do anything?
No, we didn't.
As an adult,
I feel sorry and ashamed.
Ask your heart!
Aren't you ashamed?
Seeing all these teenagers
being beaten up... how do you feel?
Aren't you heartbroken?
Yes!
They are standing up for us.
When you see them, say 'thank you',
give them a hug or a handshake.
These gestures
will always be appreciated.
Thanks everyone!
Hongkongers!
- Add oil!
Hongkongers!
- Add oil!
Seeing the activists around me
make me realise
that there's still hope in this city,
because the major thing of a city
is the space and people.
Without these two elements
you can't have a city,
and people are really united till now,
three months later.
It kills my thought
when thinking about moving out
from Hong Kong
or going somewhere else,
because I can feel the linkage
between me and Hong Kong right now.
Success is definitely important
in a protest and a movement,
but I think the love and care
you have towards your hometown
is way more important
than success.
Now Hong Kong people
are to run Hong Kong.
That is the promise
and that is
the unshakable destiny.
A long time ago
my hometown Hong Kong
was handed back
by the British to China in 1997,
under the premise
of one country, two systems.
We all were raised
with democratic values,
with freedom of speech,
with freedom of press,
but in the recent years,
China is trying everything
to make Hong Kong
just like another Chinese city.
"PUBLIC TRANSPORHAS BETRAYED HONGKONGERS"
A dictatorship
with their own propaganda
and great firewall
like it's done in China
has nothing to do
with our values.
So this is
the most important thing for us,
because we don't want dictatorship.
I mean that was a promise to us.
They may think
that we belong to them,
that they possess us,
but I'm not from China,
I'm from Hong Kong.
Retract!
Retract!
I first started to protest
on the 9th of June,
because the 12th of June was supposed
to be the day that our chief executive,
Carrie Lam, was going to push
the extradition law to China,
which actually minimised
our independency in Hong Kong.
"Withdraw the bill"
"CARRIE LAM STEP DOWN"
Do you, as Hong Kong's leader,
have the autonomy
to decide to withdraw the bill?
Yes or no?
Or is this something that Beijing
has to approve as well?
Well, actually this question has been
answered on previous occasions.
But you've evaded the question
on numerous occasions.
Number one,
as we have all heard
from the spokesman of the Hong Kong
and Macau affairs office,
the central government
is still confident
that I myself as the government
of the Hong Kong SAR,
together with the police force,
that we are still capable
of resolving this crisis.
So the first question is answered.
- Do you have the autonomy or not
to withdraw the extradition bill, please?
- The second point I want to make...
Could you answer that specific question?
- is in response to
the various demands
that we have heard.
We have considered all factors
and came up with a response
that we have rehearsed time
and again over the last two months.
Thank you very much.
- Do you have the autonomy or not
to withdraw the extradition bill?
She has answered your question.
You have not answered the question,
you've evaded the question.
Thousands of people have just wrapped up
a rally in central Hong Kong
for the fight against
a controversial extradition bill.
Those amendments could have allowed Beijing
to spirit Hong Kongers to mainland China
for any accused crimes,
even those that might be made up.
Critics worry that the bill
would make it easier
for Beijing to exert control
over the region.
You're looking at live pictures
from Hong Kong.
They are demonstrating
against a proposed law
allowing extradition
to mainland China.
The situation we know
turned violent this afternoon
as clashes erupted
between police and protesters.
I have seen people getting injured
or getting caught
and getting arrested.
It just always reminds me
to be more careful and more alert.
For me
I do worry about being arrested
but not in a sense of like
"oh I have to be in jail
for how many years
and I lost my freedom."
It's not about that,
it's mainly now about how the police
would beat you up
in that 48 hours
that they're legally to detain you,
that's actually the part
that scares me a lot.
I'm going to have nightmares
about the military,
and cops and all that.
It's been a while
since I've had a dream with them,
but the other day
I had a weird dream,
almost like a zombie apocalypse,
but at the end there was military.
I was like, I prefer zombies...
Like, if I went into a place
and there was military,
I'd say, no, I prefer
zombies rather than military.
It scares me,
I run very slow.
If someday I have to run,
I won't be able to, I'm really slow.
The people, the people...
People, where are you?
We're in the street,
for our dignity!
I think you can't simply ignore
the young people and the working class.
That will backfire at some point.
You ignore the working class,
you will have a whole city
on the streets.
On October 25th of 2019,
there was a huge protest
in Santiago,
with 1.2 million people.
We pushed for social reforms
and a more equal society.
We thought our voices will be heard.
Instead of doing anything
that could have improved
the situation of the working class,
our billionaire president
announced that Chile is at war,
essentially against its own citizens.
We are at war!
Against
an implacable powerful enemy
that respects nothing and no one,
that is willing to use violence
and crime without any limits,
even when it means
loss of human lives,
that is willing
to burn our hospitals,
our subway stations
and supermarkets,
with the only purpose of causing
the greatest possible damage,
to all Chileans.
They're at war
against all Chileans of goodwill,
who want to live in democracy,
freedom and peace.
We're all scared,
we're all scared that the police
may arrest us one day,
and especially me, I'm very scared
that they will know my name,
my address and who my family
and friends are.
So it's a big deal
to keep it secret.
Most of my friends
and some of my family members,
they don't know my role
on the frontline,
and I think it's better
for them not to know it
But still it feels,
it feels I'm lying to them.
For example, in my phone contacts
I made a special note
for everyone who knows
that I'm on the frontline.
Back in the time
when I was studying in the UK,
my housemates forced me
watching so many James Bond films,
so I put J.B.
in front of every name
of those people
who know that I'm on the frontline.
I also have a Google calendar
managing my second life,
so I can help myself remembering
the lies that I made
and not to make mistakes.
Living this double life,
it's really tiring.
I don't want to lie
to my friends that much,
but I have no choice,
and I don't want it
to be like that forever.
There's a lot of plastic
and polythene,
it's just like a floating river of plastic.
It hurts so much to see
that what we call beauty or nature
is turning out
to be something evil,
something that is going to kill us soon.
But some people do not really care.
We come out as people to clean it
and still
some people will still throw plastic
even when you're cleaning it.
Have you ever
seen anything like this before?
Not in Uganda.
Not in Uganda?
Well here it is now,
in your backyard.
This used to be
a very, very good river,
and if you talk to some people
who used to be neighbours here,
we used to come even and swim.
The young children
used to come here and swim.
As we in school swam,
next to the river,
we used to have culture songs
that we'd sing for the river,
our beautiful river.
And I still know that song
and I love it so so much.
But as we grew up...
Do you understand when you
take things for granted?
Slowly but surely this river
started disappearing.
What takes up most of my time
in this movement
is creating
massive climate awareness
because climate change
is not taught in school
so people don't get it
when we first talk to them
about climate change.
So we need rounds and rounds
of discussions about it for them to get it.
Especially the elders
feel that they have lived their life
and the rest is for us,
the coming generation, to do.
I also moved to my class
where I study from,
and I had a conversation
with my professor,
and when I talked
about climate change
he really gave me
a negative attitude
and told me climate change
does not exist.
And he told me climate change
is God's plan
and there is nothing
I can do about it.
It's about the environment.
Listen to this young lady here!
If you compare the things
she's doing
and what you're doing,
there's a big difference.
She also loves the people.
Look, a young woman has to come
to clean River Mpanga for you.
How do you feel? Good?
You lose nothing in cleaning
where you are.
So I'm asking you to do what's best
for the environment.
If you preserve this river,
your children and grandchildren
will still find it here in the future.
Sadrach!
Do you know that
beneath all this grass
is plastic?
Whenever you pull something up,
all you see is bottles underneath.
Thousands of them.
My biggest fears
are if government,
and corporate organisations
and individuals do not act
towards creating solutions
to this climate crisis,
I fear that the future I'm working for
right now, will not be there,
because of inaction.
By positively speaking,
I would say that every time,
even we're like weak
and then we're on the losing side,
but it's always a chance for us
to improve the next time;
it's always a chance for us
to learn what to do better,
or what we could have used better
next time,
what kind of equipment
we could have.
I would say the worst thing
to be on the losing side
is that every time
you being on the frontline
you seeing people getting arrested
and then going home that night,
you feel like "why it's not me?",
or "why I didn't do anything
to fight back to the police
so I could actually have a chance
to save that person from the police hand?"
That is a really hard part.
When they are actually really close to you,
you feel scared,
but at the same time
you have to make the decision
"oh I could have a chance
to save that person.
I could have a chance
to not run away
and maybe grab that person's hand,
then we could have run together
and I could have saved him
from being arrested".
So there's never right or wrong,
because it's a human instinct
that you protect yourself,
but you also feel really guilty
if you know that you may have
a 1% chance to save that person,
even though
you don't know that person.
What I like about Hong Kong
and the protests here
is that many young people
are so innovative
and they use their skills
to serve the protests
and improve the situation
for the people here.
During the entire protest
everyone keeps saying "be water"
and, as a mapper, I can't direct people
and tell them go here go there,
but I can tell them
where it's safe to go
and I think that's the most important
for everyone right now,
especially as civilians may very easily
be caught up in conflict areas,
because you never know
where it's going to be,
so we hope that the map
can provide information
for people who wish to stay safe.
There was one day
when all the protesters
were rounded up
in New Town Plaza in Sha Tin.
They were directed into the MTR station,
into the mall by the police,
basically they kettled
all the protesters in the Sha Tin
and then they just started rounding them up
and beating them up.
We were just wondering like,
how could this have happened?
Why is there nowhere to go?
Even for people who wanted to escape,
who wanted to avoid conflict.
So then we decided to draw a map
so we could see where the police are,
where protesters are,
to make sure that people at least
have an escape route.
It updates real-time
so people will know
where the police are stationed,
where there are a lot of protesters,
where there are roadblocks,
even how the transport situation
is like.
So this is information that would be useful
for the general public,
but would also be useful
for people on the frontlines,
if they want to know escape routes,
if they want to know
basically where police are,
where it's not safe,
where they should not go.
Apart from that we've also got
some feedback from the first aid teams.
They're really grateful that we write
down where protesters are,
especially we also indicate the density
of protesters in different areas
so that they know where they should
set up their first aid stations,
supply stations,
rest stations and all that.
Fresh beer!
Stay calm!
Just protect yourself!
What?
Just protect yourself!
I have a helmet.
Some friends at work ask me:
"Don't you have any fear of being
at the frontline?"
And I'm just like no,
I like to be on there,
because you change this fear
into something else.
Look, another one!
The police at the protests are supposed
to be there to protect us,
but they do the opposite.
They use all their power against us.
When they shoot us,
they shoot us right on the face.
When they throw us water
with this water cannon,
they don't care what happens to us.
They don't care if we get burned
because of their toxic water.
They don't care if
they run over us with their trucks.
They drop gas bombs
which hurts in the eyes,
it hurts you everywhere.
They look like saints,
like they don't do anything.
This is what's happening here in Chile!
Fuck you, Piera!
Wise up!
I never saw a person die
on the Dignity Square,
but I was near when Abel Acua died.
Space!
We need some space here!
He can't breathe!
He can't breathe,
motherfucker!
Stop throwing tear gas,
motherfuckers!
Motherfuckers!
Here's the ambulance!
The ambulance!
Put him on the stretcher!
Piece of shit!
Somebody's dying here,
motherfucker!
Let's go! Let's go!
Motherfucker!
Asshole!
Go fuck yourself!
Go die, motherfucker!
Go die!
On Monday, the attorney's office
will receive the medical report
about the cause of Abel Acua's death.
The 22nd victim since
the protests started,
who died after suffering
a respiratory arrest at Plaza Italia.
Also a first aider was injured,
she was hit by a bullet...
And so it's even worse,
on the one hand, first aiders
complain they can't do their job
and there are first aiders
who were affected directly
by the way the police acted!
This is very serious!
We think this situation
must not happen again!
Come in!
- Thank you. May I?
Excuse me.
Hello. Excuse me.
I want to show you
photos of him as a little boy.
You have photos of him as a kid?
Just when he was a little boy...
The typical dance
they make you do in school.
That was when he was little,
here he's a little older.
Ah, there you are.
Is that your other son?
- Yes, Elas.
And there he is more of a teenager?
- Yeah, like 13, 14 years...
We always took pictures of him.
Pass her the bread.
No. I'm fine,
I'll just have some tea, don't worry.
No, no way, eat. Eat a piece of bread.
- All right, I will. Thank you.
That's a trick used by women.
- What is?
All of them.
- To say no?
Yes. "Take some food."
"No, thanks, but since you insist so much..."
- I see, well ok.
And later...
- That's true, later I'd be hungry anyway.
Thanks.
Yesterday, I saw a video
that a girl found on her phone,
and you see the police
illegally taking two children
who've since been in prison
for two months.
They planted evidence on them,
said they had Molotovs, were hooded...
And in the video you see
they're 2 children, not even hooded,
they check their backpacks,
and find nothing.
Then they say they had Molotovs,
were hooded, breaking things, etc.
They've been in prison for two months
for being in a protest.
Because you're exposed
to everything there, unfortunately,
and more every day,
because when we started to realize
what was happening,
we were at the start, you know?
But instead of it reducing...
It's only been worse.
- It's only been worse.
And the problem is the damage
doesn't go away, it's permanent.
Exactly, I mean, I don't know...
like I'm really ashamed,
but I can't even imagine
how that must feel...
really...
And it was the third Friday,
he didn't go every day,
it was the third Friday he went,
and he went with two colleagues.
And I was like:
"No, you're not going!"
"Mommy," he'd say,
"I'll just go for a little while".
He'd leave work at 6:30 pm
and arrive at 7 pm.
He'd return at 8 pm
before things got bad.
Yes, the day gets dark
and the cops go crazy.
Then I called him and said:
"Come home, Abel."
"Yes, Mommy, I'm leaving now."
It's disgraceful.
What kills me most
is that the doctor
at the Posta Central hospital told us
that if they'd let the ambulance proceed,
he wouldn't have died.
The ambulance they sent
was the most advanced,
with the best equipment...
You could see the videos
of the ambulance being there
They wet all the equipment
so it didn't work.
They couldn't attend to him
in those conditions.
The doctor told me
he shouldn't have died.
He said:
"With the ambulance we sent,
he shouldn't have died."
And there were
all these first aiders helping
and they even shot at them.
Yes, they shot at them too.
And the impotence is so great
that it's really like... how?
Yes.
That's why, when I'm there,
I know my parents
are worried and everything,
but I'm also there for them, I mean,
they struggled their whole life...
Every Chilean family
is in the same boat.
I tell you, when they killed him,
they killed half of my life.
I can imagine.
And the other part is for my other son,
but if not, I don't know...
I can imagine,
because it's an overwhelming pain.
No, my mom says so to me,
so I can imagine that, because...
That picture kills me.
He looks so handsome.
Many of them just risked their lives
to serve the protest.
And seeing all these dead people
makes me feel really sad,
because
there is no responsibility at all.
No one is taking responsibility
for all these deaths.
There is no justice,
so that makes me feel
even more angry.
I really don't want to be
the next face on this wall.
Liberate Hong Kong!
- Revolution of our times!
Liberate Hong Kong!
- Revolution of our times!
Five demands!
- Not one less!
Five demands!
- Not one less!
I would say to be on the frontline
you have to be really clear-minded,
you have to be calm,
at the same time
you have to stay alert.
You have to verify things
with your eyes,
not by just trusting
what people saying around.
Also, you have to be prepared
to be arrested anytime,
or you have to be prepared
that you're gonna get hurt.
Apart from the protest,
I've been through
a lot in this past three months.
I had this boyfriend that I really liked.
We broke up.
I think if the protests
had never happened
or I never think
it's a responsibility of myself,
then we would have been
still together.
I'd say it's more sad if we
actually fight for nothing at the end.
I always say one thing, it's like,
if you started to protest,
being in a movement
or like the situation now,
all this kind of relationship stuff,
you can just like leave it,
and then you can just focus
on the society,
which is more important
than everything.
I never cry
in the protest,
or I never cry on the field.
Sometimes I'd cry after I went home,
after I saw some news,
but that day when I got beat up,
when I feel like
I could actually get arrested,
there was like thirty seconds
to one minute
that I felt like
I couldn't do that anymore.
All I was thinking is
"Probably this is the last time
that I could like
freely out there protesting."
My confidence for pushing grew up
because very many people
tell me that I inspire them,
and this keeps me pushing,
because I fear to fail.
I fear that if I stop
then I won't have done anything.
I could just have left it
just like other people do.
But since I stood up
in the first place,
I should be strong enough
to stand up until the end.
Sometimes I ask myself
if I am the right person
to lead the movement,
and sometimes I feel
that maybe someone should be doing
what I am doing right now,
because I had to change my life
in order to support my activism.
I also lost some friends along the way,
because I didn't have
so much time with them.
I feel like I'm not spending
enough time with my parents
and I wish I could spend
more time with them,
but...
events abroad
always create a conflict in me.
This morning I received an invitation
to a world climate conference
in Copenhagen.
That's massive for me.
I don't really realize it yet,
but I feel like that
can really change my life.
Activism needs a lot of commitment
and sacrifices,
but I'm just wondering
if it will ever pay out.
If people will really listen to me.
But at the same time, this invitation
is creating big conflicts in me.
Traveling abroad is unusual for me
and I won't be able to see my family
for a very long time.
It's not easy for me.
I was surprised she could pull off
something like that without any help,
almost like she's now the one
teaching me how it's supposed to be.
So I'm very proud that Hilda
is heavily involved in things like that,
which can benefit the country
at large.
So what you're doing is good.
But my worry is...
That they'll kill us?
That they'll kill us.
I was also worried
about people who invite you
to different countries.
Yes, you fear I may go missing.
That I don't know the people
who invite you.
I wonder,
how did they even get to know you?
Being at the frontline
means a lot of risks.
Many people lost their eyes
by the hands of the police,
they just shoot rubber bullets
directly on their faces.
I always hope
this doesn't happen to me.
It's a very special thing
about our protests
that all of the 400 people
lost their eyes
here on Plaza Dignidad,
on Dignity Square.
It's a place filled with blood
and it also divides Santiago.
It's the border between the rich
and the poor Santiago,
and I think that it's symbolic
for the split in our country.
This lady
still has the bullet in her eye,
it's really, really powerful to see.
She obviously lost her eye.
What I fear the most about the protests
you can see here.
More than 400 people got shot
in their faces by rubber bullets
and lost one of their eyes.
We always say
"Dignity here costs one eye".
Did you know Abel?
No, but I attended his funeral.
But it was formal,
very sombre.
I hid my tears.
I'd never seen...
That same Friday that Abel died
I was going to meet with my dad,
because my dad is always there too.
I inherited my protesting spirit
from him.
And we were going to meet.
I remember he called me an hour later
than we'd planned.
What day?
- The day Abel died.
And he told me "I got shot".
The cop
fired the shot so close to him
that the pellets
penetrated his thigh muscle.
How is he? Is it infected?
They're very deep and like a ball,
like when they're encapsulated.
Oh, that's awful.
And the body starts to reject it.
Yes. They told him
he has to wait a little longer
until the body rejects it even more
and then they'll do the surgery.
The surgery's going to be handled
by the guys from 'The Chile'
who are operating for free.
I see. And it's kind of secret?
- Sort of.
Yeah, it really happens...
Yeah, actually he has to go
somewhere like Lo Prado.
The public health system
isn't treating us as they should.
There's a criminalization
of the victim.
When I was admitted,
I won't forget, the woman said:
"What to you?"
I said:
"A pellet, fired by the police."
"Are you sure?
How do you know?"
Are you kidding?!
I need urgent assistance,
my eye's bleeding,
and they start questioning me.
"What's wrong with you?"
I said "What, shall I bring 7 witnesses?
I have 8 if you want."
And then she goes quiet, like:
"Oh, I see."
Imagine that!
This is a tear gas canister,
that they're throwing at us.
It's what they use most.
The first 200 blind people
were injured with these.
When this happened to me,
and I suffered police aggression,
I questioned myself a lot.
I thought, maybe I was exposing myself,
and then no, not at all.
I was just passing by.
There were no protests,
it was New Year.
My only mistake was to pass
in front of them with my camera.
Thinking they'd be calm.
I trusted them and now look at this...
It's horrible.
The C40 World Mayors Summit
is taking place in Copenhagen.
They'll also discuss the next steps
in tackling the effects of climate change.
Prominent politicians will be joined by
young activists from all over the globe.
I'm a bit lost
about what I really have to say.
Is there anything
that you want to say?
Like from your whole experience so far
here at the summit,
like, that you would like
to tell the world?
Yes.
What would you like to tell the world?
Um a lot.
What sort of thing
are you feeling strongly about?
I think we've shared more
what we demand
and we haven't shared more
what our inspirations are
or what we really face
in our communities.
So I think it can be a way
of how to inspire people into action,
but not directly pushing them,
but changing their mindset into it.
I think that would be really powerful.
I think it's important
that it's for you as well,
what is it that you want to say?
I feel like
I've over-talked
and we've over-talked
about what is happening
and I feel like we should just act
and just stop talking,
because...
always after giving these speeches
and people say like
"Oh you inspire us, you inspire us,"
like, inspirations,
inspirations every time,
and it feels like
business as usual.
Yeah, inspirations
and then you go back home
and then in your bed,
oh you still hesitate still,
you don't do anything about
this inspiration thing.
And I feel today
it should be different,
I should talk about me.
Our flags are waving in the wind
With the glorious praise of victory
Ode to our gracious motherland
Marching
towards prosperity from today
Ode to our gracious motherland
Marching
towards prosperity from today
China forever!
Of course we begin with
that breaking news in Beijing
where China's parliament
has reportedly
passed a controversial
national security law for Hong Kong.
Critics fear it will give Beijing more control
over the semi-autonomous territory.
Hong Kong's
new security law is in full force
with arrests and a very heavy police
presence on the ground.
It doesn't just affect Hong Kongers,
it actually affects
every single person around the world.
So, if you've said anything bad about
China and Hong Kong,
through the lens of
this national security law,
you could be committing a crime.
For a lot of people in Hong Kong,
this is considered a pretty dark day.
The Hong Kong security law
was developed secretly in China.
It forces the protests to end
and makes every sign
of resistance illegal.
I don't go out,
or I don't see anyone anymore,
because I want to stay normal
and unsuspicious.
I'm always scared.
I'm very scared that some people
maybe there following me
or they're watching me.
One of my best friends,
her nickname was "Black Water".
She was always with me
at the protests.
She was very brave
and she always protect me.
We had dinner, we talked about
the news and the security law.
She told me that she's
very concerned about it,
and she looked so tired
and she told me
that she couldn't sleep.
And the next day she got arrested.
I've never felt so powerless.
It hit me really hard,
especially because...
I can't see her anymore.
I can't talk to her anymore.
Not today, not tomorrow,
not next week, next month but
it is not for next ten years.
When a really close friend texted me
right after Beijing passed the law
and was like,
"Okay that's it.
Everything that we did,
it doesn't matter now".
And two days later,
she killed herself.
I don't know
what will happen next.
Maybe I didn't work hard enough,
or we didn't find the right way
to express our demands,
but at the same time
I just don't know
if there is any other way
that we can stop them.
My belief in what we're fighting for
at the moment,
it hasnt break down,
but
I think my fear
is bigger than my belief right now.
I think fear
is their biggest weapon against us.
Sometimes,
I think that should I just give up?
I mean I was in the fight for so
long and invested everything,
I sometimes wonder,
is it better to just accepting
the dictatorship,
maybe the fear then goes away.
Maybe then I can sleep good again,
when I just stop caring about my city.
Oh, policeman,
what a life you chose
slaughtering people is your calling
Killing poor people is your profession
and you give protection
to the rich folks
Say it!
You will see
the bullets you shoot at us
will return
You will see
the bullets you shoot at us
will return
You will see
the bullets you shoot at us
will return.
The most important
I guess is this one.
I had it with my father,
he has it on his chest
and I guess like the meaning of this
is our entire relation.
We still feel this way.
"Together We Stand
Divided We Fall"
I'm very, very grateful for my dad
that he enabled me
to go to university
and live the life
that I'm living right now.
Just thinking about losing him
was the most horrible moment
in my life.
He made me
the woman that I am today.
I spent the whole night
preparing my speech
and now I feel like
I can't wait to share it with people.
I'm a bit anxious about
what they'll think about it
or after I've said it,
but I'm also hopeful
that they will act
and it will open their minds to action.
Thank you.
I am Hilda
and I am the founder of
Fridays for Future in Uganda.
I am missing my classes right now,
same way I have missed them
for the last six weeks
to create climate awareness.
It's not surprise because
I once missed 3 months of school
due to the effects of
climate change
we experienced in my family
and community,
and my father wasn't able to raise
my tuition fees.
I am a victim
of this whole climate crisis
and I'm not ashamed to say so.
After the massive effects
of climate change in my home village,
the heavy rains,
the strong winds
that washed away our crops
leaving the land bare,
the constant dry spells
that left the streams dry,
my parents had to sell off our land
and livestock to sustain our lives,
and when the money was over,
it was a question
of survival and death.
I am lucky
that I am still surviving
and I will...
Go on.
I am lucky
that I am still surviving
and I will not take this chance
for granted,
because
people are dying every day.
I made a decision to protect
the only place I call Earth
and by this
I joined fellow young activists
all over the globe
to protect our future.
Through endless fights, sacrifices,
we hustle our way
because this is our future.
I will tell you that
we are a generation of scared people,
but very ambitious,
very united, very persistent,
and very good at action.
Your beds might be comfortable
right now, but not for long.
You will soon feel
the same heat we feel every day.
Be rest assured that youth
from the other side of the world,
fighting for a safe future for you
and for us all
and are not about to give up yet.
Let's move away
from this summit with action.
I thank you all.
Hilda.
You made me cry.
You made me cry.
I'm ashamed.
I'm ashamed that we weren't able
to stand against the ones
who are bullying us.
It doesn't really matter
if we're smart and innovative,
taking it to the streets so often,
sharing our demands with the world,
now, at the end, we're still alone.
Everything we've done,
it's for nothing.
What I learned about activism is that
it affects every part of my life.
It's about sleepless nights,
many sacrifices and struggles,
because only very few people
are willing to listen,
and it really takes a lot
not to give up.
The last years changed my life.
I don't really know yet
if it was worth it,
but I'll do everything
to make sure that it will be.
Remembering all the fights,
all the injured,
all the sacrifices people made,
it really gives me energy.
It's burning in me.
I'll do anything for a better future.
I owe this to my father,
I owe this to my future children.
We already lost so many battles,
we can't risk losing this one.
We don't risk our future
by protesting on the streets.
Not going on the streets
and not raising our voices
will risk our future way more.
It's our generation
who can change the course of history.
extreme pressure
as violent street protests
show no sign of abating.
Protesters are clashing with police
in many areas of the capital Santiago.
The protest widened
into a mass movement against inequality.
Violence of the state police
against the protesters at such a level
that the United Nations
is raising concerns.
When you fucking lie
to the young people
you'll find our answer
on the streets.
We're just really tired,
but not tired of being
on the streets in protest,
we're just tired of these lies,
this constant lying.
Young people put their feet forward
as they walked in protest
against climate change.
I just feel like doing it because
it's not so often in Uganda
that people of my age stand up
and demand what they want.
In Hong Kong the occasion was
marked with riot police and tear gas
protesters took their anti-government
demonstration to the city's shopping centres.
Calling for democratic reforms
and demanding the city maintain its autonomy.
I don't think I can return
to my old life anymore.
Like since it started,
you took up the responsibilities,
then you can't really go back.
Traditional filled churros!
Very hot!
It's weird, because I do
feel connected to my hometown,
and I will definitely say
that Santiago is my hometown,
but just imagining raising
my future children here
is weird,
because I really don't want
to expose my children to
so many problems
that we have here at the moment.
I really want them to have
more opportunities than I had.
Hello! How are you doing?
Good and you?
- Good, because you're my friend.
And because I'm buying a drink.
- Good.
The socialist parties
are already at the square, right?
Yes, right there, where I live!
It's where I live.
You, the youth,
need to really see
You the young ones are who need to see
what's really happening,
because the old people
are now past it.
It's true. The old ones won't change.
- No, they won't.
They won't, that's true.
So, that's it...
Yes it's true, thank you!
Bye bye!
- Stay safe!
See you! - You're the ones
who have to change the world!
Yes! The world!
That's right!
See you, stay safe!
I like my neighbourhood
because I can see
like a lot of different cultures,
Venezuelan people,
Colombian
and I really like that.
When I went to school,
I never saw my parents,
because they were just
always working,
so my grandmother raised me,
who is also still working,
even though she's 70 years,
because the pensions
are just so low
and the cost of living is so high
that you just can't live
if you're not working.
Chile is seen as one
of the richest countries in Latin America,
but we, the working class,
don't get anything from that.
We're the only country in the world
where water is privatised,
privatised education,
privatised healthcare,
and pension systems
still mainly favour the wealthy.
We have a huge inequality gap,
fucking low wages,
fucking low pensions
and the cost of living
gets higher and higher.
But the biggest problem
is our constitution,
which is the main reason
for failing healthcare,
terrible pensions,
and the big gap in our society.
It was developed under Pinochet,
a brutal dictator.
We ask ourselves
how can that be still in our law?
All these graffitis tell stories
and show things that are real,
that happen,
that you can't forget.
This is a really powerful photo
because...
it's where it all began.
Where it all start to happen,
with this, like, to make noise
and the ladies just doing this
with the pan,
the wooden spoon,
it's really meaningful to us,
it is.
I remember that day really clearly
because it was Friday,
October 18
and the government raised
the prices for the metro again,
so the working class and the poor people
have to pay more
for their everyday lives again.
After decades of inequality
that was just enough.
People got really angry
and called on everyone
not to pay for the tickets anymore.
I remember that I was on the bus
and I looked on the street
and saw like, wow,
there's something going on here
and it's different.
And I remember that we get
like really close to my house
and in one street there were
just so many people doing this.
And now the people
rise up in the fight
with the voice of a giant,
shouting: "forward!"
The united people
will never be defeated,
the united people...
And all my friends and I,
we realised that
that was only the beginning.
Joshua give me some.
Please, Joshua.
No, I want Joshua to give me some.
Look, Joshua has given me one.
Being around my family gives me
so much hope,
especially in those moments
when I am feeling down,
they give me this motivation,
because I don't want them
to pass through the same experience
I passed through when I was growing up.
So they keep me motivated.
One two three and go!
One two three and go!
Don't step on that stone!
One two three and go!
I grew up in Wakiso district
in a small town called Kyengera.
I spent most of my childhood
with my father.
I didn't spend so much time
with my mother when I was still young.
Hilda was a very vibrant kid
who did everything very fast.
She always wanted me
to bring her something
whenever I went to work.
Sweets or something similar.
She loved such snacks.
Whenever I was leaving,
she was like:
"Mummy,
give me some money for sweets."
So people
even nicknamed her "Sweetie".
My parents had a plantation
where we used to rear cows
or other animals
like goats, pigs, chicken,
very huge plantations,
and back then
they used to be farmers
But due to the effects
of climate change,
all the crops dried out
due to no rainfall.
Sometimes there was heavy rainfall
that washed away all the crops
and also the rising temperatures
that dried out all the streams and wells
where we used to collect
the water to feed the livestock.
My parents
had to sell all the land we had
so they could get money
to gather for our food,
our survival, our fees.
It gets worse and worse every year.
Hundreds of people died
because of these same floodings.
Too many families
lost their homes,
and mine is one of them.
I remember a time
when I had to miss my school
because my parents
were out of money
and I had to sit home
for four months.
It was really very bad
and from then,
I thought I could do something
to change this whole situation.
By that time I didn't know
that the effects we were facing were
because of climate change.
Uganda's past was precious.
Those who were there before
could call it the pearl of Africa
but I don't think they could
come back right now
and call it the same again.
98.0 UBC radio - Inspiring Uganda.
It is a lovely afternoon
right here in studio
and yet also another wonderful day
where we discuss issues
that affect the youth in Uganda.
Here on the program "Young and Smart".
My name is Laureen
and today
in studio we have the team
from Fridays for Future Uganda.
Hello, welcome
- Thank you.
It's so cold!
My name is Nakaybuye Hilda Flavia,
I'm a climate activist
and I'm a student
at Kampala International University.
I'm 22 years old
and I pursue a bachelor's degree
in procurement
and supply chain management.
So why climate?
You could have maybe
gotten another passion
maybe about the girl-child,
or something,
or, you know,
sexual harassment.
Why climate?
I chose climate because
it is something that affects each
and every one of us.
When you look at maybe
the girl-child or violation
it looks at only one gender
and in the world
we have two genders.
So climate change
affects each and every one of us,
no matter the age,
no matter the size,
no matter the gender,
no matter the status,
so it is something that
is connected to us.
I'll also ask a question:
What do you want the youth to know
about Fridays for Change?
What can you tell
them that can convince them?
My message to the youth
I'll first of all begin
with a question:
To all the youth
who are listening to me right now,
I just want to pose
one question to you.
Why would you study
for a future that is not clear?
But we have still not achieved
a single thing.
We still have not gotten
any of the five demands.
Hong Kongers add oil!
- Add oil!
Liberate Hong Kong!
Revolution of our times!
- Liberate Hong Kong!
Revolution of our times!
- Liberate Hong Kong!
I'm born and raised in Hong Kong
and I grew up
on the Kowloon side.
I'd say that my hometown
it's really homey.
I always feel connected
to Hong Kong,
because I've been here
for my whole life.
I have all my friends around me
and my parents
are all in Hong Kong.
So,
I don't really have
some other places
that I could call home.
There are lots of people
standing in the back.
I just want to ask one thing...
Are Hong Kongers united
in this demonstration?
Yes!
It pains my heart
whenever I think about it...
It keeps me awake at night.
Why are these young people
taking bullets for us?
A lot of you asked
why I'm volunteering as a first-aider.
I said, without a doubt,
I owe it to today's youngsters.
Five years ago, what did we achieve
during the Umbrella Movement?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Since 1997, we've been witnessing
our society being gradually destroyed.
Did we try to do anything?
No, we didn't.
As an adult,
I feel sorry and ashamed.
Ask your heart!
Aren't you ashamed?
Seeing all these teenagers
being beaten up... how do you feel?
Aren't you heartbroken?
Yes!
They are standing up for us.
When you see them, say 'thank you',
give them a hug or a handshake.
These gestures
will always be appreciated.
Thanks everyone!
Hongkongers!
- Add oil!
Hongkongers!
- Add oil!
Seeing the activists around me
make me realise
that there's still hope in this city,
because the major thing of a city
is the space and people.
Without these two elements
you can't have a city,
and people are really united till now,
three months later.
It kills my thought
when thinking about moving out
from Hong Kong
or going somewhere else,
because I can feel the linkage
between me and Hong Kong right now.
Success is definitely important
in a protest and a movement,
but I think the love and care
you have towards your hometown
is way more important
than success.
Now Hong Kong people
are to run Hong Kong.
That is the promise
and that is
the unshakable destiny.
A long time ago
my hometown Hong Kong
was handed back
by the British to China in 1997,
under the premise
of one country, two systems.
We all were raised
with democratic values,
with freedom of speech,
with freedom of press,
but in the recent years,
China is trying everything
to make Hong Kong
just like another Chinese city.
"PUBLIC TRANSPORHAS BETRAYED HONGKONGERS"
A dictatorship
with their own propaganda
and great firewall
like it's done in China
has nothing to do
with our values.
So this is
the most important thing for us,
because we don't want dictatorship.
I mean that was a promise to us.
They may think
that we belong to them,
that they possess us,
but I'm not from China,
I'm from Hong Kong.
Retract!
Retract!
I first started to protest
on the 9th of June,
because the 12th of June was supposed
to be the day that our chief executive,
Carrie Lam, was going to push
the extradition law to China,
which actually minimised
our independency in Hong Kong.
"Withdraw the bill"
"CARRIE LAM STEP DOWN"
Do you, as Hong Kong's leader,
have the autonomy
to decide to withdraw the bill?
Yes or no?
Or is this something that Beijing
has to approve as well?
Well, actually this question has been
answered on previous occasions.
But you've evaded the question
on numerous occasions.
Number one,
as we have all heard
from the spokesman of the Hong Kong
and Macau affairs office,
the central government
is still confident
that I myself as the government
of the Hong Kong SAR,
together with the police force,
that we are still capable
of resolving this crisis.
So the first question is answered.
- Do you have the autonomy or not
to withdraw the extradition bill, please?
- The second point I want to make...
Could you answer that specific question?
- is in response to
the various demands
that we have heard.
We have considered all factors
and came up with a response
that we have rehearsed time
and again over the last two months.
Thank you very much.
- Do you have the autonomy or not
to withdraw the extradition bill?
She has answered your question.
You have not answered the question,
you've evaded the question.
Thousands of people have just wrapped up
a rally in central Hong Kong
for the fight against
a controversial extradition bill.
Those amendments could have allowed Beijing
to spirit Hong Kongers to mainland China
for any accused crimes,
even those that might be made up.
Critics worry that the bill
would make it easier
for Beijing to exert control
over the region.
You're looking at live pictures
from Hong Kong.
They are demonstrating
against a proposed law
allowing extradition
to mainland China.
The situation we know
turned violent this afternoon
as clashes erupted
between police and protesters.
I have seen people getting injured
or getting caught
and getting arrested.
It just always reminds me
to be more careful and more alert.
For me
I do worry about being arrested
but not in a sense of like
"oh I have to be in jail
for how many years
and I lost my freedom."
It's not about that,
it's mainly now about how the police
would beat you up
in that 48 hours
that they're legally to detain you,
that's actually the part
that scares me a lot.
I'm going to have nightmares
about the military,
and cops and all that.
It's been a while
since I've had a dream with them,
but the other day
I had a weird dream,
almost like a zombie apocalypse,
but at the end there was military.
I was like, I prefer zombies...
Like, if I went into a place
and there was military,
I'd say, no, I prefer
zombies rather than military.
It scares me,
I run very slow.
If someday I have to run,
I won't be able to, I'm really slow.
The people, the people...
People, where are you?
We're in the street,
for our dignity!
I think you can't simply ignore
the young people and the working class.
That will backfire at some point.
You ignore the working class,
you will have a whole city
on the streets.
On October 25th of 2019,
there was a huge protest
in Santiago,
with 1.2 million people.
We pushed for social reforms
and a more equal society.
We thought our voices will be heard.
Instead of doing anything
that could have improved
the situation of the working class,
our billionaire president
announced that Chile is at war,
essentially against its own citizens.
We are at war!
Against
an implacable powerful enemy
that respects nothing and no one,
that is willing to use violence
and crime without any limits,
even when it means
loss of human lives,
that is willing
to burn our hospitals,
our subway stations
and supermarkets,
with the only purpose of causing
the greatest possible damage,
to all Chileans.
They're at war
against all Chileans of goodwill,
who want to live in democracy,
freedom and peace.
We're all scared,
we're all scared that the police
may arrest us one day,
and especially me, I'm very scared
that they will know my name,
my address and who my family
and friends are.
So it's a big deal
to keep it secret.
Most of my friends
and some of my family members,
they don't know my role
on the frontline,
and I think it's better
for them not to know it
But still it feels,
it feels I'm lying to them.
For example, in my phone contacts
I made a special note
for everyone who knows
that I'm on the frontline.
Back in the time
when I was studying in the UK,
my housemates forced me
watching so many James Bond films,
so I put J.B.
in front of every name
of those people
who know that I'm on the frontline.
I also have a Google calendar
managing my second life,
so I can help myself remembering
the lies that I made
and not to make mistakes.
Living this double life,
it's really tiring.
I don't want to lie
to my friends that much,
but I have no choice,
and I don't want it
to be like that forever.
There's a lot of plastic
and polythene,
it's just like a floating river of plastic.
It hurts so much to see
that what we call beauty or nature
is turning out
to be something evil,
something that is going to kill us soon.
But some people do not really care.
We come out as people to clean it
and still
some people will still throw plastic
even when you're cleaning it.
Have you ever
seen anything like this before?
Not in Uganda.
Not in Uganda?
Well here it is now,
in your backyard.
This used to be
a very, very good river,
and if you talk to some people
who used to be neighbours here,
we used to come even and swim.
The young children
used to come here and swim.
As we in school swam,
next to the river,
we used to have culture songs
that we'd sing for the river,
our beautiful river.
And I still know that song
and I love it so so much.
But as we grew up...
Do you understand when you
take things for granted?
Slowly but surely this river
started disappearing.
What takes up most of my time
in this movement
is creating
massive climate awareness
because climate change
is not taught in school
so people don't get it
when we first talk to them
about climate change.
So we need rounds and rounds
of discussions about it for them to get it.
Especially the elders
feel that they have lived their life
and the rest is for us,
the coming generation, to do.
I also moved to my class
where I study from,
and I had a conversation
with my professor,
and when I talked
about climate change
he really gave me
a negative attitude
and told me climate change
does not exist.
And he told me climate change
is God's plan
and there is nothing
I can do about it.
It's about the environment.
Listen to this young lady here!
If you compare the things
she's doing
and what you're doing,
there's a big difference.
She also loves the people.
Look, a young woman has to come
to clean River Mpanga for you.
How do you feel? Good?
You lose nothing in cleaning
where you are.
So I'm asking you to do what's best
for the environment.
If you preserve this river,
your children and grandchildren
will still find it here in the future.
Sadrach!
Do you know that
beneath all this grass
is plastic?
Whenever you pull something up,
all you see is bottles underneath.
Thousands of them.
My biggest fears
are if government,
and corporate organisations
and individuals do not act
towards creating solutions
to this climate crisis,
I fear that the future I'm working for
right now, will not be there,
because of inaction.
By positively speaking,
I would say that every time,
even we're like weak
and then we're on the losing side,
but it's always a chance for us
to improve the next time;
it's always a chance for us
to learn what to do better,
or what we could have used better
next time,
what kind of equipment
we could have.
I would say the worst thing
to be on the losing side
is that every time
you being on the frontline
you seeing people getting arrested
and then going home that night,
you feel like "why it's not me?",
or "why I didn't do anything
to fight back to the police
so I could actually have a chance
to save that person from the police hand?"
That is a really hard part.
When they are actually really close to you,
you feel scared,
but at the same time
you have to make the decision
"oh I could have a chance
to save that person.
I could have a chance
to not run away
and maybe grab that person's hand,
then we could have run together
and I could have saved him
from being arrested".
So there's never right or wrong,
because it's a human instinct
that you protect yourself,
but you also feel really guilty
if you know that you may have
a 1% chance to save that person,
even though
you don't know that person.
What I like about Hong Kong
and the protests here
is that many young people
are so innovative
and they use their skills
to serve the protests
and improve the situation
for the people here.
During the entire protest
everyone keeps saying "be water"
and, as a mapper, I can't direct people
and tell them go here go there,
but I can tell them
where it's safe to go
and I think that's the most important
for everyone right now,
especially as civilians may very easily
be caught up in conflict areas,
because you never know
where it's going to be,
so we hope that the map
can provide information
for people who wish to stay safe.
There was one day
when all the protesters
were rounded up
in New Town Plaza in Sha Tin.
They were directed into the MTR station,
into the mall by the police,
basically they kettled
all the protesters in the Sha Tin
and then they just started rounding them up
and beating them up.
We were just wondering like,
how could this have happened?
Why is there nowhere to go?
Even for people who wanted to escape,
who wanted to avoid conflict.
So then we decided to draw a map
so we could see where the police are,
where protesters are,
to make sure that people at least
have an escape route.
It updates real-time
so people will know
where the police are stationed,
where there are a lot of protesters,
where there are roadblocks,
even how the transport situation
is like.
So this is information that would be useful
for the general public,
but would also be useful
for people on the frontlines,
if they want to know escape routes,
if they want to know
basically where police are,
where it's not safe,
where they should not go.
Apart from that we've also got
some feedback from the first aid teams.
They're really grateful that we write
down where protesters are,
especially we also indicate the density
of protesters in different areas
so that they know where they should
set up their first aid stations,
supply stations,
rest stations and all that.
Fresh beer!
Stay calm!
Just protect yourself!
What?
Just protect yourself!
I have a helmet.
Some friends at work ask me:
"Don't you have any fear of being
at the frontline?"
And I'm just like no,
I like to be on there,
because you change this fear
into something else.
Look, another one!
The police at the protests are supposed
to be there to protect us,
but they do the opposite.
They use all their power against us.
When they shoot us,
they shoot us right on the face.
When they throw us water
with this water cannon,
they don't care what happens to us.
They don't care if we get burned
because of their toxic water.
They don't care if
they run over us with their trucks.
They drop gas bombs
which hurts in the eyes,
it hurts you everywhere.
They look like saints,
like they don't do anything.
This is what's happening here in Chile!
Fuck you, Piera!
Wise up!
I never saw a person die
on the Dignity Square,
but I was near when Abel Acua died.
Space!
We need some space here!
He can't breathe!
He can't breathe,
motherfucker!
Stop throwing tear gas,
motherfuckers!
Motherfuckers!
Here's the ambulance!
The ambulance!
Put him on the stretcher!
Piece of shit!
Somebody's dying here,
motherfucker!
Let's go! Let's go!
Motherfucker!
Asshole!
Go fuck yourself!
Go die, motherfucker!
Go die!
On Monday, the attorney's office
will receive the medical report
about the cause of Abel Acua's death.
The 22nd victim since
the protests started,
who died after suffering
a respiratory arrest at Plaza Italia.
Also a first aider was injured,
she was hit by a bullet...
And so it's even worse,
on the one hand, first aiders
complain they can't do their job
and there are first aiders
who were affected directly
by the way the police acted!
This is very serious!
We think this situation
must not happen again!
Come in!
- Thank you. May I?
Excuse me.
Hello. Excuse me.
I want to show you
photos of him as a little boy.
You have photos of him as a kid?
Just when he was a little boy...
The typical dance
they make you do in school.
That was when he was little,
here he's a little older.
Ah, there you are.
Is that your other son?
- Yes, Elas.
And there he is more of a teenager?
- Yeah, like 13, 14 years...
We always took pictures of him.
Pass her the bread.
No. I'm fine,
I'll just have some tea, don't worry.
No, no way, eat. Eat a piece of bread.
- All right, I will. Thank you.
That's a trick used by women.
- What is?
All of them.
- To say no?
Yes. "Take some food."
"No, thanks, but since you insist so much..."
- I see, well ok.
And later...
- That's true, later I'd be hungry anyway.
Thanks.
Yesterday, I saw a video
that a girl found on her phone,
and you see the police
illegally taking two children
who've since been in prison
for two months.
They planted evidence on them,
said they had Molotovs, were hooded...
And in the video you see
they're 2 children, not even hooded,
they check their backpacks,
and find nothing.
Then they say they had Molotovs,
were hooded, breaking things, etc.
They've been in prison for two months
for being in a protest.
Because you're exposed
to everything there, unfortunately,
and more every day,
because when we started to realize
what was happening,
we were at the start, you know?
But instead of it reducing...
It's only been worse.
- It's only been worse.
And the problem is the damage
doesn't go away, it's permanent.
Exactly, I mean, I don't know...
like I'm really ashamed,
but I can't even imagine
how that must feel...
really...
And it was the third Friday,
he didn't go every day,
it was the third Friday he went,
and he went with two colleagues.
And I was like:
"No, you're not going!"
"Mommy," he'd say,
"I'll just go for a little while".
He'd leave work at 6:30 pm
and arrive at 7 pm.
He'd return at 8 pm
before things got bad.
Yes, the day gets dark
and the cops go crazy.
Then I called him and said:
"Come home, Abel."
"Yes, Mommy, I'm leaving now."
It's disgraceful.
What kills me most
is that the doctor
at the Posta Central hospital told us
that if they'd let the ambulance proceed,
he wouldn't have died.
The ambulance they sent
was the most advanced,
with the best equipment...
You could see the videos
of the ambulance being there
They wet all the equipment
so it didn't work.
They couldn't attend to him
in those conditions.
The doctor told me
he shouldn't have died.
He said:
"With the ambulance we sent,
he shouldn't have died."
And there were
all these first aiders helping
and they even shot at them.
Yes, they shot at them too.
And the impotence is so great
that it's really like... how?
Yes.
That's why, when I'm there,
I know my parents
are worried and everything,
but I'm also there for them, I mean,
they struggled their whole life...
Every Chilean family
is in the same boat.
I tell you, when they killed him,
they killed half of my life.
I can imagine.
And the other part is for my other son,
but if not, I don't know...
I can imagine,
because it's an overwhelming pain.
No, my mom says so to me,
so I can imagine that, because...
That picture kills me.
He looks so handsome.
Many of them just risked their lives
to serve the protest.
And seeing all these dead people
makes me feel really sad,
because
there is no responsibility at all.
No one is taking responsibility
for all these deaths.
There is no justice,
so that makes me feel
even more angry.
I really don't want to be
the next face on this wall.
Liberate Hong Kong!
- Revolution of our times!
Liberate Hong Kong!
- Revolution of our times!
Five demands!
- Not one less!
Five demands!
- Not one less!
I would say to be on the frontline
you have to be really clear-minded,
you have to be calm,
at the same time
you have to stay alert.
You have to verify things
with your eyes,
not by just trusting
what people saying around.
Also, you have to be prepared
to be arrested anytime,
or you have to be prepared
that you're gonna get hurt.
Apart from the protest,
I've been through
a lot in this past three months.
I had this boyfriend that I really liked.
We broke up.
I think if the protests
had never happened
or I never think
it's a responsibility of myself,
then we would have been
still together.
I'd say it's more sad if we
actually fight for nothing at the end.
I always say one thing, it's like,
if you started to protest,
being in a movement
or like the situation now,
all this kind of relationship stuff,
you can just like leave it,
and then you can just focus
on the society,
which is more important
than everything.
I never cry
in the protest,
or I never cry on the field.
Sometimes I'd cry after I went home,
after I saw some news,
but that day when I got beat up,
when I feel like
I could actually get arrested,
there was like thirty seconds
to one minute
that I felt like
I couldn't do that anymore.
All I was thinking is
"Probably this is the last time
that I could like
freely out there protesting."
My confidence for pushing grew up
because very many people
tell me that I inspire them,
and this keeps me pushing,
because I fear to fail.
I fear that if I stop
then I won't have done anything.
I could just have left it
just like other people do.
But since I stood up
in the first place,
I should be strong enough
to stand up until the end.
Sometimes I ask myself
if I am the right person
to lead the movement,
and sometimes I feel
that maybe someone should be doing
what I am doing right now,
because I had to change my life
in order to support my activism.
I also lost some friends along the way,
because I didn't have
so much time with them.
I feel like I'm not spending
enough time with my parents
and I wish I could spend
more time with them,
but...
events abroad
always create a conflict in me.
This morning I received an invitation
to a world climate conference
in Copenhagen.
That's massive for me.
I don't really realize it yet,
but I feel like that
can really change my life.
Activism needs a lot of commitment
and sacrifices,
but I'm just wondering
if it will ever pay out.
If people will really listen to me.
But at the same time, this invitation
is creating big conflicts in me.
Traveling abroad is unusual for me
and I won't be able to see my family
for a very long time.
It's not easy for me.
I was surprised she could pull off
something like that without any help,
almost like she's now the one
teaching me how it's supposed to be.
So I'm very proud that Hilda
is heavily involved in things like that,
which can benefit the country
at large.
So what you're doing is good.
But my worry is...
That they'll kill us?
That they'll kill us.
I was also worried
about people who invite you
to different countries.
Yes, you fear I may go missing.
That I don't know the people
who invite you.
I wonder,
how did they even get to know you?
Being at the frontline
means a lot of risks.
Many people lost their eyes
by the hands of the police,
they just shoot rubber bullets
directly on their faces.
I always hope
this doesn't happen to me.
It's a very special thing
about our protests
that all of the 400 people
lost their eyes
here on Plaza Dignidad,
on Dignity Square.
It's a place filled with blood
and it also divides Santiago.
It's the border between the rich
and the poor Santiago,
and I think that it's symbolic
for the split in our country.
This lady
still has the bullet in her eye,
it's really, really powerful to see.
She obviously lost her eye.
What I fear the most about the protests
you can see here.
More than 400 people got shot
in their faces by rubber bullets
and lost one of their eyes.
We always say
"Dignity here costs one eye".
Did you know Abel?
No, but I attended his funeral.
But it was formal,
very sombre.
I hid my tears.
I'd never seen...
That same Friday that Abel died
I was going to meet with my dad,
because my dad is always there too.
I inherited my protesting spirit
from him.
And we were going to meet.
I remember he called me an hour later
than we'd planned.
What day?
- The day Abel died.
And he told me "I got shot".
The cop
fired the shot so close to him
that the pellets
penetrated his thigh muscle.
How is he? Is it infected?
They're very deep and like a ball,
like when they're encapsulated.
Oh, that's awful.
And the body starts to reject it.
Yes. They told him
he has to wait a little longer
until the body rejects it even more
and then they'll do the surgery.
The surgery's going to be handled
by the guys from 'The Chile'
who are operating for free.
I see. And it's kind of secret?
- Sort of.
Yeah, it really happens...
Yeah, actually he has to go
somewhere like Lo Prado.
The public health system
isn't treating us as they should.
There's a criminalization
of the victim.
When I was admitted,
I won't forget, the woman said:
"What to you?"
I said:
"A pellet, fired by the police."
"Are you sure?
How do you know?"
Are you kidding?!
I need urgent assistance,
my eye's bleeding,
and they start questioning me.
"What's wrong with you?"
I said "What, shall I bring 7 witnesses?
I have 8 if you want."
And then she goes quiet, like:
"Oh, I see."
Imagine that!
This is a tear gas canister,
that they're throwing at us.
It's what they use most.
The first 200 blind people
were injured with these.
When this happened to me,
and I suffered police aggression,
I questioned myself a lot.
I thought, maybe I was exposing myself,
and then no, not at all.
I was just passing by.
There were no protests,
it was New Year.
My only mistake was to pass
in front of them with my camera.
Thinking they'd be calm.
I trusted them and now look at this...
It's horrible.
The C40 World Mayors Summit
is taking place in Copenhagen.
They'll also discuss the next steps
in tackling the effects of climate change.
Prominent politicians will be joined by
young activists from all over the globe.
I'm a bit lost
about what I really have to say.
Is there anything
that you want to say?
Like from your whole experience so far
here at the summit,
like, that you would like
to tell the world?
Yes.
What would you like to tell the world?
Um a lot.
What sort of thing
are you feeling strongly about?
I think we've shared more
what we demand
and we haven't shared more
what our inspirations are
or what we really face
in our communities.
So I think it can be a way
of how to inspire people into action,
but not directly pushing them,
but changing their mindset into it.
I think that would be really powerful.
I think it's important
that it's for you as well,
what is it that you want to say?
I feel like
I've over-talked
and we've over-talked
about what is happening
and I feel like we should just act
and just stop talking,
because...
always after giving these speeches
and people say like
"Oh you inspire us, you inspire us,"
like, inspirations,
inspirations every time,
and it feels like
business as usual.
Yeah, inspirations
and then you go back home
and then in your bed,
oh you still hesitate still,
you don't do anything about
this inspiration thing.
And I feel today
it should be different,
I should talk about me.
Our flags are waving in the wind
With the glorious praise of victory
Ode to our gracious motherland
Marching
towards prosperity from today
Ode to our gracious motherland
Marching
towards prosperity from today
China forever!
Of course we begin with
that breaking news in Beijing
where China's parliament
has reportedly
passed a controversial
national security law for Hong Kong.
Critics fear it will give Beijing more control
over the semi-autonomous territory.
Hong Kong's
new security law is in full force
with arrests and a very heavy police
presence on the ground.
It doesn't just affect Hong Kongers,
it actually affects
every single person around the world.
So, if you've said anything bad about
China and Hong Kong,
through the lens of
this national security law,
you could be committing a crime.
For a lot of people in Hong Kong,
this is considered a pretty dark day.
The Hong Kong security law
was developed secretly in China.
It forces the protests to end
and makes every sign
of resistance illegal.
I don't go out,
or I don't see anyone anymore,
because I want to stay normal
and unsuspicious.
I'm always scared.
I'm very scared that some people
maybe there following me
or they're watching me.
One of my best friends,
her nickname was "Black Water".
She was always with me
at the protests.
She was very brave
and she always protect me.
We had dinner, we talked about
the news and the security law.
She told me that she's
very concerned about it,
and she looked so tired
and she told me
that she couldn't sleep.
And the next day she got arrested.
I've never felt so powerless.
It hit me really hard,
especially because...
I can't see her anymore.
I can't talk to her anymore.
Not today, not tomorrow,
not next week, next month but
it is not for next ten years.
When a really close friend texted me
right after Beijing passed the law
and was like,
"Okay that's it.
Everything that we did,
it doesn't matter now".
And two days later,
she killed herself.
I don't know
what will happen next.
Maybe I didn't work hard enough,
or we didn't find the right way
to express our demands,
but at the same time
I just don't know
if there is any other way
that we can stop them.
My belief in what we're fighting for
at the moment,
it hasnt break down,
but
I think my fear
is bigger than my belief right now.
I think fear
is their biggest weapon against us.
Sometimes,
I think that should I just give up?
I mean I was in the fight for so
long and invested everything,
I sometimes wonder,
is it better to just accepting
the dictatorship,
maybe the fear then goes away.
Maybe then I can sleep good again,
when I just stop caring about my city.
Oh, policeman,
what a life you chose
slaughtering people is your calling
Killing poor people is your profession
and you give protection
to the rich folks
Say it!
You will see
the bullets you shoot at us
will return
You will see
the bullets you shoot at us
will return
You will see
the bullets you shoot at us
will return.
The most important
I guess is this one.
I had it with my father,
he has it on his chest
and I guess like the meaning of this
is our entire relation.
We still feel this way.
"Together We Stand
Divided We Fall"
I'm very, very grateful for my dad
that he enabled me
to go to university
and live the life
that I'm living right now.
Just thinking about losing him
was the most horrible moment
in my life.
He made me
the woman that I am today.
I spent the whole night
preparing my speech
and now I feel like
I can't wait to share it with people.
I'm a bit anxious about
what they'll think about it
or after I've said it,
but I'm also hopeful
that they will act
and it will open their minds to action.
Thank you.
I am Hilda
and I am the founder of
Fridays for Future in Uganda.
I am missing my classes right now,
same way I have missed them
for the last six weeks
to create climate awareness.
It's not surprise because
I once missed 3 months of school
due to the effects of
climate change
we experienced in my family
and community,
and my father wasn't able to raise
my tuition fees.
I am a victim
of this whole climate crisis
and I'm not ashamed to say so.
After the massive effects
of climate change in my home village,
the heavy rains,
the strong winds
that washed away our crops
leaving the land bare,
the constant dry spells
that left the streams dry,
my parents had to sell off our land
and livestock to sustain our lives,
and when the money was over,
it was a question
of survival and death.
I am lucky
that I am still surviving
and I will...
Go on.
I am lucky
that I am still surviving
and I will not take this chance
for granted,
because
people are dying every day.
I made a decision to protect
the only place I call Earth
and by this
I joined fellow young activists
all over the globe
to protect our future.
Through endless fights, sacrifices,
we hustle our way
because this is our future.
I will tell you that
we are a generation of scared people,
but very ambitious,
very united, very persistent,
and very good at action.
Your beds might be comfortable
right now, but not for long.
You will soon feel
the same heat we feel every day.
Be rest assured that youth
from the other side of the world,
fighting for a safe future for you
and for us all
and are not about to give up yet.
Let's move away
from this summit with action.
I thank you all.
Hilda.
You made me cry.
You made me cry.
I'm ashamed.
I'm ashamed that we weren't able
to stand against the ones
who are bullying us.
It doesn't really matter
if we're smart and innovative,
taking it to the streets so often,
sharing our demands with the world,
now, at the end, we're still alone.
Everything we've done,
it's for nothing.
What I learned about activism is that
it affects every part of my life.
It's about sleepless nights,
many sacrifices and struggles,
because only very few people
are willing to listen,
and it really takes a lot
not to give up.
The last years changed my life.
I don't really know yet
if it was worth it,
but I'll do everything
to make sure that it will be.
Remembering all the fights,
all the injured,
all the sacrifices people made,
it really gives me energy.
It's burning in me.
I'll do anything for a better future.
I owe this to my father,
I owe this to my future children.
We already lost so many battles,
we can't risk losing this one.
We don't risk our future
by protesting on the streets.
Not going on the streets
and not raising our voices
will risk our future way more.
It's our generation
who can change the course of history.