Future Council follows eight children fighting for the climate. But should kids be saddled with such a burden?

In Future Council, film-maker Damon Gameau takes eight children on a road trip across Europe to challenge powerful leaders on their actions in the climate crisis. Photograph: Madman Entertainment

Ruby Rodgers didn’t expect to cry. The 14-year-old singer-songwriter and granddaughter of Australian rock great Jimmy Barnes had promised herself she’d be strong. But when she found herself surrounded by other young people voicing their fears about the climate crisis, she let the tears fall.

“I was really worried people were going to see that and think I was overly sensitive,” she says. “But I was a child. I am a child. And I realised how important it was for other kids to see that it’s OK to feel deeply.”