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Greta Thunberg says there is a "big lack of storytelling when it comes to the climate crisis" and urged decision-makers in the film and television industries to support writers willing to tackle the issue. The Swedish climate change activist was joined by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø at the Edinburgh TV Festival on…

The Edinburgh TV Festival (August 23-26) has unveiled further program speakers for 2021 including comedian, writer and actor London Hughes, who will be this year's Alternative MacTaggart speaker. Hughes became the first Black woman to be nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy 'Best Show' Award in 2019 with her To Catch A D…

The third annual Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival, and the first to take place virtually in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, kicks off tonight and runs through April 23 via Southern California’s flagship PBS stations PBS SoCal and KCET along with national independent satellite network Link TV. The opening-night…

The BBC and PBS have boarded a previously-announced BBC Studios documentary series on climate change superstar Greta Thunberg. The two broadcasters will co-produce three-part series Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (working title), which follows the 18-year-old activist on her climate crusade and features a…

UPDATED with video: I Am Greta director Nathan Grossman first began filming climate change activist Greta Thunberg long before the Swedish teenager became an international cause célèbre. "It started with a tip…that told us she was going to do some kind of a small [protest] outside the Swedish government," Grossman…

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, after a year spent sailing around the world, addressing large crowds, mingling with celebrities, and becoming a media sensation, is back in school. The 17-year-old activist took a gap year to advocate for her environmental causes, in the process winning Time’s “Person of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s first footage of anticipated Hulu documentary I Am Greta, about climate activist Greta Thunberg, which debuts this week at the Venice Film Festival before playing at Toronto. The story of the inspirational teenage activist is told through never-seen-before footage from Swedish director Nathan…

Hulu announced premiere dates for its Animaniacs revival, anthology drama Monsterland, two other new series and a Greta Thunberg documentary during its virtual CTAM panel today. The new Animaniacs, from Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation and again exec produced by Steven Spielberg, will bow Friday, November…

Climate change has been shoved out of the news spotlight by a few other ongoing crises in recent months, but it remains a key issue. Now a new digital series is set to use humor to help speed the topic’s spread. The Office alum Rainn Wilson is set to host An Idiot’s Guide to Climate Change, which premieres today…

Prince Harry appears to have been duped into discussing Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and his resignation from the royal family by two Russian YouTubers posing as climate change activist Greta Thunberg. Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who run the YouTube channel Vovan222prank, posted a now-deleted video…

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was “slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness” as she struggled with autism in her pre-teen years, according to a new book written by her mother. Malena Ernman details her 17-year-old daughter’s early life in a revealing new book, Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a…

She was feeling the Bern. Then it turned into a burn. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was excited to speak to who he thought was climate activist Greta Thunberg. Then the conversation took a turn into the bizarre. Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov are claiming credit for…