The Radical Resistance Tour is a multimedia project centered around a road trip in the summer of 2012 that documented local grassroots activism in different communities across America. It's a bit of a time capsule of the aftermath of the Occupy movement, and the "Summer of Solidarity" where environmental activists fought to stop extractive energy projects including the Keystone XL Pipeline, and Otter Creek Mine, both of which were successfully halted through prolonged activism. Another successful action documented by RRT, shown in the video below, was the fight to shut down liquor sales in Whiteclay, Nebraska by the Oglala Lakota people of Pine Ridge, SD. This is the best video of the series by far, but you can watch the rest and see the full project which includes writings and photos at radicalresistancetour.tumblr.com (note, the blog is having issues, content can be seen at https://www.tumblr.com/radicalresistancetour and videos can be viewed on YouTube in the meantime)
Created, directed, shot (with an iPhone) and edited by Kathleen Russell. Writing and photos by Ame Hayashi. Production and post-production support by Brett Goldberg and Melanie Butler