Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Ryan Grim.

A new film on the fight for a green new deal hit theaters on Friday, and it comes from

director Rachel Lears, who you may remember from the Netflix documentary Knockdown the

House, which followed four incredibly long shot working class candidates for Congress.

Two of them were named Corey Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rachel had no reason to

think she was following around two future members of Congress, but that's exactly what she

ended up doing.

Knockdown the House came out in 2019 and was met with widespread critical acclaim.

All of which inspired Rachel to pursue her subject matter further in a follow-up film,

this one called To The End.

I met Rachel while we were both covering the original AOC campaign against Joe Crowley,

and I helped out with this new one as a consulting producer, which was my first experience

in film of any sort.

To the end, folks is on the push over the last few years to put climate change at the

top of the Biden agenda.

Fighting for change politically requires faith.

We are building an army of young people to stop the climate crisis and create millions

of good jobs for our generation.

The film tells the inside story of the activism leading up to the passage of the 2022

Inflation Reduction Act, which includes the largest and most significant climate investments

in US history.

To the end, folks is on the stories of four women at the heart of those political and

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