FOSSIL FREE UTAS
Student Occupation

Hopeful
Featurette

On October 14 2015, seven students from University of Tasmania occupied the entry to Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen’s office. The students represent Fossil Free UTAS. They refused to leave until the university agreed to divest from fossil fuels. Fifteen days later, the students have emerged. Although the university has not yet agreed to divest, they are hopeful, now more than ever.

This film features with consent, the image, likeness, voice and opinion of five Fossil Free UTAS members: Lizzie Taylor, Alex Tomlinson, Tom Crawford, Carly Rusden and Maggie Edwards.

This film by Jared Abdul Rahman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Directed by Jared Abdul Rahman
Music composed and performed by Jared Abdul Rahman
Produced by The Amadis Project
Filmed at University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, Tasmania

Taking Action
Precursor

This film, produced by Fossil Free UTAS and published on 18 October 2015, forms the basis for the approach of “Hopeful” by The Amadis Project. The events portrayed in this film take place at the beginning of the student occupation.

This film by Tess Campbell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Additional resources: Fossil Free UTAS website | Fossil Free UTAS Facebook