Best Of: Life in the Mojave Desert / Director of ‘The Uprising’
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Austin Tice is an American journalist who disappeared over a decade ago while reporting in Syria. And for years we've been searching for him. This looks like a secret passage. I'm just pushing a door so you can get in. Go, go, go.
Listen to Where is Austin Tice from NPRs Embedded and BBC Radio 4 on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley in Los Angeles. Today, two storytellers take on tales of resistance and rebellion. Author Claire Vay Watkins lives in the Mojave Desert, just like the protagonist in her new novel.
In an area being developed by an energy company wreaking havoc on the environment, the locals protest, but the novel explores whether they actually have the power to defeat a corporate project already underway. And director Paul Greengrass's new film, The Uprising, examines what happens when people reach their breaking point. It takes us to 1381 when the peasants of England revolted against the king. Greengrass first noticed the parallels to today during the pandemic.
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