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The Battle for Florida

2024PG-13documentary

Journalist Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal and director Hans Pool portray Generation Z's activism in Florida amid conflicting notions of freedom during the 2024 presidential elections.

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Journalist Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal and director Hans Pool portray Generation Z's activism in Florida amid conflicting notions of freedom during the 2024 presidential elections.

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In the year of the presidential elections in the US, journalist Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal and director Hans Pool sketch a portrait of the most activist generation since the 1970s: Generation Z. However, the freedom they demand collides with other freedoms, and nowhere does that collision occur as on the surface as in Florida, a state where 'freedom' is rotten in everyone's mouth.

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