After a successful tour of festivals and school-screenings all over Sweden, the film I bought a rainforest will finally meet its Swedish television audience when shown on SVT (Swedish Television), in May 9th on SVT 2.
Jacob Andrén, an ordinary kid going to school in the 80’s, was, as at many schools in the western world, involved in fundraising actions to save the rainforest. Their teachers urged them to help by buying a piece of forest. Now a grown up young man he is wondering about what happened to all those trees that he and his classmates bought with the money they made by selling stuff on the flea market. He remembers getting a certificate, but that was 20 years ago. Did their effort really make a difference? Read more on SVT's website...
