Utopias Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Occupy EverywhereSel and Mazette were a part of the activist group that occupied the Arlon Forest in Belgium in order to pro-tect it from a real estate project. In spring 2021, the ZAD is dismantled by the Belgian police. Sel and Mazette then decide to hit the road to strengthen social ties. If the ZAD no longer exists, it has to be recreated everywhere else. The seeds of a new way of life must be dispersed across the whole Belgian territory. Like Sel and Mazette say, it’s about "the making of a country within a country". From self-managed farms to squats, from feminist struggles to volunteer work, they carry, in their small car, the songs of their raw anger. OCCUPY EVERYWHERE follows this utopian impulse and the way it changed the life of those who initiated it.
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Episode 2 - Land And LaborIn the heart of the Spanish Basque Country lies the Bergara village, in the Deba River valley. This is where, on the mountainside, a 34-year-old Ane decided to dig the earth to give birth to her utopia. In eight years, she turned a small garden into an agricultural farm through permaculture. She manages this farm alone on a daily basis and can now live off its production. Her political struggle led her to grow food that is both physical and spiritual and that she now shares through a cooperative network spreading over the entire surrounding area. A lesson in autonomy, humility and humanity.
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Episode 3 - Oasis of PeaceIn Israel, the village of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam carries its utopia even in its name: "Oasis of Peace", written in Hebrew and Arabic. Here, for 52 years, Christians, Jews and Muslims have been building a project as simple as it is ambitious: to live together. Their compass: peace above all, in spite of the blast of the neighboring bombs.
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Episode 4 - SarayakuIn the middle of the Ecuadorian Amazonia, a luxuriant utopia vibrates. Direct democracy, transparency, equality for all, legal struggles, sometimes physical... These are the daily struggles of the 1400 members of the 7 Sarayaku communities to defend the "living forest" and their culture against the repeated attacks of the oil companies.
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Episode 5 - Landless Workers' MovementFor 38 years, in Brazil, the Landless Workers’ Movement has been creating spaces of equality, food sovereignty, education and sharing for those who have nothing. Utopian places where life literally takes root, offering hundreds of thousands of women, men and children a life that is finally free and chosen.
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Episode 6 - Longo Maï Ukraine | A Utopia Facing ChaosA few miles away from the war zones, lies the village of Nijné Sélitché, its network of farms, and those who flee the war. Here, in Ukrainian Transcarpathia, the long-lasting utopia of Longo Maï is faced with chaos. In Provençal, Longo Maï means "that lasts a long time". Since the 1970s, more than 200 people of all ages have been learning, experimenting and working together to build a more sustainable future. During this time, Longo Maï has built an archipelago of self-managed and agricultural communities that defend sustainable farming against agro-industry. But since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the community has had to deal with the emergency of the conflict. Solidarity has set in: a total of 1,000 war refugees are now sheltered, fleets of minibuses are being chartered to provide food, medicine and equipment to the east of the country, while others evacuate those who want to flee to the west. Here, as everywhere in Ukraine, everything is a matter of urgency. How do those who have chosen to live in the utopia “that lasts a long time” cope with the chaos?
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