Press & Interviews

“Must watch! Be afraid! This film shows how Britain is sliding towards a police state, with anti-protest laws similar to Putin's Russia.”

“Our fundamental rights to freedom of speech and to peaceful protest are under unprecedented assault, with grave damage being done to our democracy on an almost daily basis. Liz Smith's brilliant and compelling film, 'The Line We Crossed', provides the kind of empathetic insights into today's climate and democracy movements that the mainstream media have no interest in at all. Please do track down a screening — and strike one small blow for freedom!”

“This is such an important film as it brings to life some of the ways in which protest and dissent are being criminalised in the present. We often study, read about, or see these trends mentioned in the news, but we often don't fully understand what that means when it comes to people's lived experiences of trying to challenge the climate crisis and oppose the ecological harm that is being done on a daily basis, as well as the way in which the state and judicial system act to thwart these attempts to prevent that harm by climate defenders.”

“The Line We Crossed starts with a powerful portrait of civil disobedience in the climate justice movement, but by the end it feels more like a political thriller as activists are picked off the streets by police and jailed for crimes they have not committed. It's a vital account of the growing draconian powers attempting to eradicate peaceful protest.”