Organize the Hood is a campaign-style video created in collaboration with grassroots organizers in Cincinnati, Ohio. Documenting collective work carried out over several years, the piece highlights the determination of everyday people fighting to build a better world. More than a record, the video is an offering of revolutionary optimism—a reminder that liberation is possible when communities come together to confront the systems that oppress them.

Cincinnati and Ohio at large have long been flashpoints in the struggle against police violence. In 2001, the killing of Timothy Thomas, an unarmed 19-year-old, sparked an uprising that exposed the deep roots of systemic racism in Cincinnati policing. In 2014, the movement for Black lives reverberated across the state: John Crawford III was shot and killed inside a Beavercreek Walmart while holding a BB gun sold on the store’s shelves, and just months later 12-year-old Tamir Rice was gunned down by Cleveland police while playing in a park. The following year, University of Cincinnati police killed Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop, further fueling demands for justice and accountability.

These names are etched into the fabric of Ohio’s political landscape, reminders of lives stolen and of communities that refuse to forget. Organize the Hood situates itself within that continuum of struggle, showing how organizers transform grief and anger into sustained campaigns for change. Rooted in the principles of Black liberation and solidarity across communities, the video calls viewers not only to remember the past but to join in the fight for a future free from police terror and exploitation.