Common Sense Media Review
By Ashley Moulton
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Inspiring docuseries has mature themes and language.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 11+?
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The Changemakers
What's the Story?
In THE CHANGEMAKERS, documentarians travel around the world to spotlight people working to create change in their local communities. The series features activists like a food bank organizer helping Londoners experiencing food insecurity and a trans rights activist working to change legislation in the American south. Each local organizer is matched with a well-known activist who visits for two weeks. The visiting activist attempts to understand the community work and how they might be able to maximize impact. They help the organizers on the ground access politicians and connections to help create even more change.
Is It Any Good?
The activists' work is truly amazing, but this series is slow-paced and somewhat boring. The "expert" activists that visit the communities do help the local groups a bit, but their appearance seems like a forced reality show-type intervention. Teens interested in learning more about global issues or how to affect change in their own communities will find some useful tidbits of inspiration. Otherwise, kids might find other activism-based documentaries more entertaining and inspiring.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the compassion the Changemaker activists have toward the people they're trying to help. Who do you feel compassion towards? How do you think you could help them?
The community organizers and volunteers featured in the series have a tremendous amount of integrity. How does the show represent them doing the right thing, even when it's hard?
The activists in the series all talk about the perseverance they have to have to do their work. How do you think they continue on, even knowing the obstacles and sometimes slow pace of change?
TV Details
- Premiere date : January 1, 2024
- Cast : Seán Binder , Trinice McNally , Waheed Arian , Flavia Broffoni
- Network : Paramount+
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : Activism
- Character Strengths : Compassion , Integrity , Perseverance
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- Last updated : September 18, 2025
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