Sylvia Rowley catches up with exceptional filmmaker Emily James.
‘Absolutely not, no way,’ was the response filmmaker Emily James got when she first asked a group of climate activists whether she could film them planning secret direct actions.
It was 2008, the year when protesters hijacked a coal train on its way to Drax power station, and when members of Plane Stupid made headlines by breaking into London’s Stansted Airport. Climate activism was gaining both momentum and profile.
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