
Brexit: The Movie
Released weeks before Britain's June 23rd, 2016 referendum, this film by Martin Durkin makes the case for leaving the European Union. It argues that EU membership means ceding lawmaking power to a bureaucracy in Brussels that voters cannot hold accountable, and it lines up economists, politicians, and commentators to walk through the EU's spending, its regulatory reach, and what the filmmakers call the self-interest of the officials who run it. Segments contrast the EU's economic stagnation with faster-growing economies outside its borders, framing membership as a drag on Britain's prospects rather than a source of stability. The film does not pretend to be neutral: its stated purpose is to persuade viewers to vote Leave, and it builds its argument accordingly, pairing archival clips of EU institutions with straight-to-camera interviews making the free-trade, sovereign-Britain case. It closes on that pitch directly, presenting independence from Brussels as safer and more promising than continued membership.