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Fredrik Gertten
@fredrikgertten.bsky.social
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Documentary filmmaker wgfilm.com Films Breaking Social, PUSH, Bikes vs Cars, Bananas!* + podcast Pushback Talks
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Oxfam Sverige @oxfam.se · 1d
📣Det skulle ta 30 år för en medelsvensk att släppa ut lika mycket som en av Sveriges rikaste 0,1 procent gör på ett år.

📃Ny rapport visar att medan vanliga svenskar har minskat sina utsläpp, har de rikastes ökat, och deras makt över ekonomin och politiken fördröjer klimatomställningen.
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · 9d
Böcker att läsa nu.
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · 17d
Den här är till er alla klimatförnekare.

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Världen har passerat den första tippningspunkten
Världen har passerat den första tippningspunkten, slår en ny klimatrapport fast. Korallrev i varma vatten ser ut att försvinna permanent.
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Lars Torstenson @torstenson.bsky.social · 21d
Press Play Prague showing @fredrikgertten.bsky.social s films Bananas and Big boys gone bananas - reminding us of how important free speechs and a free press are.
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · 20d
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Journalists Matter Campaign at the Press Play Prague Film Festival - Freedom of Expression - www.coe.int
Prague, Czechia 10 October 2025
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · 23d
Blir kul.
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Sep 25
🎙️✨ The #PushbackTalks Summer Series = Word Food: small bites, big thoughts.

Produced by @wgfilm & @maketheshift.bsky.social, with @fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social

Missed the second half? Catch eps 7–11 now, all in one go.
🎧 Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TqC...
Language Matters: a Playful Stream of Consciousness, pt2 (video version)
YouTube video by WG Film
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · Sep 25
Have a look. Pushback Talks on youtube. With me and my dear friend @leilanifarha.bsky.social famous from our film PUSH. @pushbacktalks.bsky.social
wgfilm.bsky.social WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Sep 25
🎙️✨ The #PushbackTalks Summer Series = Word Food: small bites, big thoughts.

Produced by @wgfilm & @maketheshift.bsky.social, with @fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social

Missed the second half? Catch eps 7–11 now, all in one go.
🎧 Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TqC...
Language Matters: a Playful Stream of Consciousness, pt2 (video version)
YouTube video by WG Film
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Sep 15
SUMMER SERIES — Catch-Up Special
10min convos: random words spark sharp talks on power, politics & life.

Missed the first half? Watch now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAQ...

Produced by @wgfilm & @maketheshift.bsky.social
With @fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social
Language Matters: a Playful Stream of Consciousness, pt1 (video version)
YouTube video by WG Film
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · Sep 15
Listen to Pushback Talks. Because you can.

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Language Matters: a Playful Stream of Consciousness, pt2 - PUSHBACK Talks
This week we continue with the last five episodes of this years Summer Series, back-to-back! If you missed the previous ones, or just like to listen to them in one go, here's your chance. And if ...
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · Sep 7
Bloody Moon
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 27
NEW #PushbackTalks — Pushback & Money
Why we call this podcast Pushback → protests, community, kindness = ways to resist.
MONEY → a silly game of who has more.
15 min. Sharp, real, human.
🎧 Listen: pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com

With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social

#Money
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 29
✊💸 The final episode of the Pushback Talks Summer Series is HERE! ➡️ Pushback & Money

Pushing back = protests, kindness, community.
Money = power grabbed by the few, a silly game of “who has more.”

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Mn...

With @leilainla.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social
Summer Word Food: Pushback & Money (video version)
YouTube video by WG Film
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · Aug 28
The meaning of words. Enjoy,
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 27
10 years after #BikesvsCars, by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social #Toronto is still fighting.

Doug Ford tried to remove 19km of bike lanes downtown. Protests stopped it — but he’s vowed to appeal, even threatening to use the #notwithstanding clause.

🎥 Watch @martinreis.bsky.social reflect on the fight.
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RSF @rsf.org · Aug 26
#Philippines: Another milestone! The British Embassy has visited journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio in prison, the second embassy to do so. This is a concrete step resulting from the joint efforts of RSF and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition. It is now time for her immediate release.
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio: RSF and international coalition call for Philippine journalist’s release as trial enters crucial stage
A coalition of international and local press freedom organisations, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately release Philippine journalist Fre...
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 21
🌍 Is democracy alive or just an empty word?
🌸 Can flowers make us more human?
New #PushbackTalks ep. is here — sharp, urgent, 10 mins.
Watch now www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIK...

With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social
Produced by @wgfilm.bsky.social & @maketheshift.bsky.social
Summer Word Food: Democracy & Flowers (video version)
YouTube video by WG Film
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 20
10 years after Bikes vs Cars, @fredrikgertten.bsky.social sees cities shifting from car dependence to bikes & public transport.
Article by @kalleelmqvist.bsky.social / @sydsvenskan.se

Read in full: www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-08-16/f...

Film produced by @wgfilm.bsky.social
#BikesVsCars #UrbanChange
Fredrik Gertten: Trendbrott i världens storstäder – bilarna på väg bort
Malmöfilmaren om omvälvningarna tio år efter ”Bikes vs cars”.
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 18
NOW STREAMING #PushbackTalks
♻️ Remake: Why build more when we should remake what we have?
😴 Sleep: A basic right under attack.
10 mins. Sharp & urgent. With @leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/user/WGfilm.

#RightToRest #ClimateJustice #WordFood
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 14
“The film brings HOPE. It shows us we can make a difference.” — Aline Cavalcante

10 years after #BikesvsCars, by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social her message still inspires action for safer, people-first cities. 🚲

By @wgfilm.bsky.social

#BikesVsCars #UrbanJustice #AlineCavalcante #10YearsOfChange
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 13
NEW #PushbackTalks: Remake & Sleep
Remake - could a restart be the better solution for our planet?
Sleep - a basic right under attack.

@fredrikgertten.bsky.social & @leilanifarha.bsky.social connect the dots in 10 mins.
🎧 pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com

#RightToRest #Remake #WordFood #SummerSeries
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pushbacktalks.bsky.social @pushbacktalks.bsky.social · Aug 11
Last week on the #PUSHBACKTalks summer series: Dancing as an expression of joy and a tool to fight back.

New episode out later this week!

#podcast #protest #dancing #supplychain @fredrikgertten.bsky.social @leilanifarha.bsky.social @wgfilm.bsky.social
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · Aug 11
Journalism Is Not A Crime.

Killing journalists is.
aljazeera.com Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 11
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.

#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Fredrik Gertten @fredrikgertten.bsky.social · Aug 7
Let’s dance with the supply chain
wgfilm.bsky.social WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 6
NEW #PushbackTalks — Dancing & Supply Chain
What do joy and global fragility have in common?
@leilanifarha.bsky.social & @fredrikgertten.bsky.social in a sharp 10-min convo.
💬 Plus, a shoutout to @petersgoodman.bsky.social book.

🎧 Ep.8 out now. Listen: pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com/1189295/epis...
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WG Film @wgfilm.bsky.social · Aug 4
💧 WATER — Latest #PUSHBACKTalks teaser
Ep. 7, watch or listen!
🌊 Oceans rising.
🧊 Glaciers melting.
And the silence is louder than ever.

@leilanifarha.bsky.social and @fredrikgertten.bsky.social on water as a warning we keep ignoring.
🎥 www.youtube.com/user/WGfilm
#Water #ClimateCrisis #Podcast
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