“ I really liked ‘The Power Of Activism’ because it is hopeful and positive. Environmental/climate change films can leave you feeling helpless and depressed only showing what has happened and once was without giving solutions. ‘The Power Of Activism’ shows what can be done and gives hope ! ”
School student at United Nations Association Film Festival screening in Stanford, California
Best Australian Documentary awarded to ‘The Power of Activism’, Directed by Steve Pasvolsky and Produced by Michelle Dado-Millynn
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, 2022
Of all the films we reviewed, two stood out, Pasvolsky and Millynn's The Power of Activism and George Gittoe's No Bad Guys. Both films spoke to us of issues that we face today and the young people doing their utmost, under challenging conditions, to right many wrongs, change perspectives, advocate, lobby and moreover, inspire others.
Pasvolsky and Millynn's The Power of Activism is a moving, deeply engaging documentary, with strong and consistent pacing that mirrors the urgency of the issues/causes the film's young activists are motivated by. The Power of Activism has both a grace and urgency to it, both relevant to today and tomorrows audiences in its ability to illuminate critical issues, the positive work achieved and the activists capacity to mobilise many others like them.
We were moved by The Power of Activism, the young women around whom the film focused on, their challenges and motivations and the longitudinal influence we are confident they and this film will have on audiences the world over.
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival judge and filmmaker, Andrew Garton
“ The real strength of this film is director Steven Pasvolsky and producer Michelle Dado-Millynn’s deft attempts to avoid just simply preaching to the converted, but to actually try to engage the other side. They do this by wisely exploring the long-term economic value in dollar terms of implementing the conservation practices proposed by these activists.”
MDFF Review by Gavin Bond, Cinema Australia
“ From shark conservation to indigenous practices, intensive farming to plastic pollution, their causes fall under the umbrella of “climate change” – but do their answers cost or save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars? ”
Press release, 38th Boston Film Festival
“ This film takes us on an emotional journey from sacred ground above Byron Bay to Antarctica, Indonesia and Pakistan, and is sure to light a fire under the strongest climate change denier.”
Byron Bay Film Festival, 2022