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ZDFneo shows “Aufstaut” about climate protests
From left to right: Henning (Joachim Seemann), Lena (Valerie Stoll) and Finn (Adrian Grünewald) stick themselves on the street to protest in “Aufstaut”.
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ZDFneo’s new series “Aufstaut” shows the effects of a climate protest on road users from different perspectives.
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The new series is about activists around the young leader Lena (Valerie Stoll, 24) and Finn (Adrian Grünewald, 24), who is taking part in the group’s protest for the first time. By blocking traffic on a busy street, the climate protesters are causing trouble for a number of people. The expectant parents Zeynep (Miriam Ohlmeyer) and Max (Fatoni) desperately want to go to the hospital because Zeynep is heavily pregnant. Parcel driver Lew (Nicolas Garin) is also stuck in a traffic jam due to the action. Since he is still on probation, the protest could cost him his job.
All of these individual destinies and many more are suddenly connected. The tense situation threatens to escalate quickly. “Our instant fiction series ‘Aufstaut’ wants to take up the current debate about climate activism and broaden perspectives,” says a ZDF press release. The series by the screenplay and directing duo Zarah Schrade and Matthias Thönnissen is intended to invite people to take different perspectives on the climate protest.
“This dichotomy between the need to carry out the protest and compassion for the drivers is conveyed very well in the series,” reveals leading actress Valerie Stoll about “Aufstaut”. The new series will be broadcast on ZDFneo’s linear program on October 18th at 11:15 p.m. “Aufstaut” will be available in advance from September 28th in the ZDF media library.