Grasp the Nettle

If you want to change the world you have to get your hands dirty

Duration: 91 min
Release date: 2013-06-21
IMDB

Grasp the Nettle follows the exploits of a ragtag band of land rights activists in London as they struggle against corporations, government, police - and themselves - in their efforts to create alternative communities outside the framework of consumer society. When an eco-village pops up on a piece of disused land in West London , film-maker Dean Puckett (The Crisis of Civilization) gives up everything - his flat, job and normal life - to live among its eclectic inhabitants in an effort to understand what makes them tick.

Documentary

Grasp the Nettle

Watch Providers

DocAlliance Films

Recomendation Films

  • The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  • Finders Keepers
  • Love, Antosha
  • The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
  • Public Speaking
  • Heart of a Dog
  • Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
  • Birth of the Living Dead
  • McQueen
  • No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
  • John Candy: I Like Me
  • Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
  • Fuck
  • Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
  • The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
  • One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
  • Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
  • Above Majestic
  • My Mom Jayne
  • 28 Up

NextFilm 2026