THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING

by Laura Nix
  • Nate “Igor” Smith_design by Public Society
  • 2016 Nate “Igor” Smithe

    Synopsis

    For the last 20 years, the notorious activists The Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum) have staged outrageous and hilarious hoaxes to draw international attention to corporate crimes against humanity and the environment. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits and a lack of shame, these iconoclastic revolutionaries lie their way into business events and government functions to expose the dangers of letting greed run our world.
    In their third cinematic outing (after The Yes Men and The Yes Men Fix The World), they are now well into their 40s, and their mid-life crises are threatening to drive them out of activism forever – even as they prepare to take on the biggest challenge they’ve ever faced, climate change.
    More than the first two installments, THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING is as much a character study as it is an entertaining depiction of their latest interventions. Revealing the real people behind the ruses, at its heart lies a hopeful message about fighting for change.

    Festivals

    DOC NYC, Hot Docs Toronto; Human Rights Watch NYC; Sheffield Doc/Fest; Docs Against Gravity Warsaw; Munich; 65th Berlinale; Stockholm IFF; Human Rights Human Wrongs, Oslo; Doclounge Finland;

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Laura Nix