“Fighting for change politically requires faith,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a new trailer for “To the End.” Rachel Lears’ follow-up to “Knock Down the House,” her 2019 portrait of Ocasio-Cortez and three other female Democrats running for Congress in the 2018 U.S. elections, re-teams her with the politician and activist.
This time around, Lears is spotlighting “a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history,” per the doc’s synopsis. Joining Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas.
Filmed over four years, “To the End” will take audiences from street protests to