Awake
THE RELUCTANT RADICAL is Lindsey Grayzel’s feature length documentary film about climate activist Ken Ward. Ken breaks the law as a last resort, putting himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. After twenty years leading environmental organizations, Ken came to the conclusion that the standard tools of political lobbying and consumer education are inadequate to address the challenges of climate change.
THE RELUCTANT RADICAL follows Ken for a year and a half through a series of direct actions, culminating with his participation in successfully shutting down all five of the pipelines carrying Canadian tar sands oil into the U.S.