Nathan Grossman on making ‘I Am Greta’: ‘I wanted the movie from her point of view’

Passionate Swedish teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg has galvanized her peers and adults to become climate change activists. She was nominated for a Nobel Prize. Addressed the U.N. General Assembly proclaiming ‘How dare you?’ You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.” Donald Trump slammed her in a tweet telling her she needed to “chill.” Greta, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, was cruelly described by a Fox News commentator as a “mentally ill Swedish child.” She also recently won the Critics Choice Documentary Award for most compelling living subject of a documentary for “I Am Greta.” The Hulu documentary that premiered at the Venice Film Festival and also played Toronto before it began streaming in November. Film Independent recently invited filmmaker Nathan Grossman to discuss the film. “I Am Greta” began with a tip in 2018 from a friend who knew Greta’s family “a little bit