Hulu’s New Greta Thunberg Docu-Series Promises to Upset Climate Change Deniers

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Hulu is developing a documentary series about 16-year-old Nobel Peace Prize-nominated climate activist and occasional Trump-triggerer, Greta Thunberg. Greta will document her mission to educate people globally about the urgency of the climate crisis and is set to debut on the streaming service in 2020.

According to Deadline, the team behind the documentary has been following the Swedish teenager for a year, from her initial school strike in Stockholm through to the massive protests taking place around the world.

Last week, Thunberg was named TIME Magazine‘s Person of the Year for 2019. Since assuming the title she’s received messages of support from celebs like Michelle Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio. Since her rise to international acclaim, she has also provoked many a tantrum from the likes of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Read more on that here.

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Just over a year ago, a quiet and mostly friendless teenager woke up, put on her blue hoodie, and sat by herself for hours in an act of singular defiance. Fourteen months later, she had become the voice of millions, a symbol of a rising global rebellion. The politics of climate action are as entrenched and complex as the phenomenon itself, and @gretathunberg has no magic solution. But she has succeeded in creating a global attitudinal shift, transforming millions of vague, middle-of-the-night anxieties into a worldwide movement calling for urgent change. @gretathunberg is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year. Read the cover story by @charlottealter, @suyinsays and @justinworland—and watch the full video—at the link in bio. #TIMEPOY Video by @robson.alexandra, @juliamarielull, @arpane and @maxim_arbugaev for TIME

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Words by Isabelle Hore-Thorburn
Weekend Staff Writer

Isabelle is an Australian writer based in Berlin.