
Amodernprotestmovementseenfromtheinsideinatimelyfilmwithaneminenteyefordetailthatobservesthemethods,aimsandinnercontradictionsoftheFrenchYellowVests.<br/> TheFrenchpresidentialelectionsarejustaroundthecorner,andit’saturbulentfewyearsleadinguptoit.Thegapbetweencountryandcity,topandbottom,politiciansandpeoplehasbecomecritical–andnotjustinFrance,butinmuchofEuropeandtheWest.InFrance,thewidespreadprotestsoftheYellowVestsince2018haveevokedmemoriesofthecountry’srevolutionaryhistory.Butwhoaretheangryprotestersreally?Oversixmonths,filmmakerEmmanuelGras(‘Makala’,2017)chosetocampamongtheYellowVestsinthenorthernprovincialcityofChartrestounderstandamodernpopularmovementthatfeelsneglectedbythestateandistakingmattersintoitsownhandstoshowthatsocialchangecancomefrombelow.Andwhentheyspeakwithonevoice,itcanbeheardallthewaytothecorridorsofpower.Grasisaneminentobserverwithacleareyeforboththestrengthsandweaknessesofradicalcollectiveformsoforganisation,andforhow–andwhy–apoliticalideatakesshapeasactualaction.