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The Reluctant Radical

4.1
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Rating
NR
Duration
1h 17m
Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
Collective Eye Films

About

THE RELUCTANT RADICAL is an intimate portrait of climate activist Ken Ward. Ken breaks the law as a last resort and with great trepidation, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. The film follows Ken through a series of civil disobedience direct actions, culminating with the shut down all the U.S. tar sands oil pipelines on October 11, 2016. THE RELUCTANT RADICAL reveals the personal costs and the fulfillment that comes from following one's moral calling.

Related Subjects

  • Science
  • Documentary

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

    Reviews

    "A film that is both a vivid portrait of an activist and an addictive suspense thriller-a Hitchcockian riff on An Inconvenient Truth...The Reluctant Radical unleashes waves of conflicted feelings. It takes you from the tension-soaked high of watching Ward snap a chain with bolt cutters to eerily intimate moments in which we see the emotional toll his grim quest exacts on his girlfriend, Laura Byer
    The Willamette Week

    Artists

    Lindsey GrayzelDirector
    Ken WardActor