The Cost of Growth
Hosted by Schumacher Action Labs
In-person
When
Mar 20, 7:00 PM CET
Where
De Warren
31 Nydia Ecurystraat, Amsterdam, NH, 1087 VV
Price
Free Screening
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Event Participants
Lena Hartog
Filmmaker -will be joining us for a Q&A.
About the film
The Cost of Growth follows climate activists Anuna De Wever and Lena Hartog as they travel through Italy, Serbia, and Sápmi, documenting grassroots resistance to extractivism. The film connects these local struggles with broader debates on war, justice, and democracy - showing how extractive violence is a form of structural warfare on communities and ecosystems.
Through intimate encounters with grassroots movements, the film weaves together voices from affected communities and leading thinkers—such as Fati N'Zi-Hassane, Vijay Prashad, Greta Thunberg and Jason Hickel - to interrogate who truly pays for growth, how growth is defended and how we move beyond.
This is a 100 % nonprofit project: funding raised through screenings is channelled back to campaigns on democratizing the economy and to support the communities and movements featured in the film.
Genre
Documentary
Released
2025
Director
Thomas Maddens
Producer
A Mad Production, Brain Jangen Production, Voice Over Foundation, IOTA Production
Executive Producer
Anuna de Wever, Lena Hartog
Writer
Brototi Roy
Crew
Frederik Stuut