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The Last Resort
Chronicles the fight over the controversial nuclear power plant at Seabrook, New Hampshire, in the late 1970s.
62 minutes
SDH Captioned>>
Directed by Dan Keller
Executive Producer: Charles Light
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THE LAST RESORT chronicles the fight over the controversial nuclear power plant at Seabrook, New Hampshire, in the late 1970s.
On August 1,1976, eighteen New Hampshire citizens were arrested for occupying the newly-bulldozed site. Nine months later, more than 2,000 people repeated the action in a growing non-violent movement that made world headlines and that prompted parallel occupations all over the United States.
The struggle was sparked when the Public Service Company of New Hampshire-despite the opposition of local communities-broke ground on one of New Hampshire's most delicate tidal estuaries. Within days nuclear opponents had founded the Clamshell Alliance and pledged themselves to peaceful direct action as a means of stopping construction at Seabrook. Their tactics and their success in organizing set the stage for the public reaction to Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and sparked an on-going debate that has led to a curtailing of America's nuclear power program.
The Seabrook nuclear power project has since become a global symbol in the battle over atomic energy.
Grade Level: 10-12, College, Adults
US Release Date: 2026
Copyright Date: 1978
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Subjects
Activism
American Studies
Citizenship and Civics
History
Nuclear Energy
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