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CURRENT REVOLUTION: TRANSFORMATION CANNOT BE STOPPED

For decades, the utilities industry has been a driving engine of the US economy, contributing to our progress with a business model that focuses on centralized generation. But now, power companies face a crisis that requires them to capture a new market share to survive in the 21st century. From substations to gas stations, boardrooms to military bases, this film tells the story of America’s energy industry
on the brink of massive change. Whether it fails, prevails or adapts, the outcome will profoundly affect us all.

Director: Roger Sorkin
Cast: Bob Burns, Christopher Boone, Dru Bacon, Gary Dirks
Producer(s): Nate Birnbaum, Roger Sorkin
Release Date: 2018
Languages: English

CURRENT REVOLUTION: NATION IN TRANSITION

NATION IN TRANSITION explores the coal-to-renewables transition on the Navajo Nation and across northern Arizona through the stories of workers, their families and communities, business and tribal leaders, utility executives, policy makers and environmental activists. The film offers a roadmap for accelerating and navigating just energy transitions for workers and communities everywhere.

Director: Roger Sorkin
Cast: Ann Becker, Edward Dee, Henry Courtwright, Paul Hirt
Producer(s): Paul Hirt, Roger Sorkin
Release Date: 2021
Languages: English

THE RELUCTANT RADICAL

THE RELUCTANT RADICAL features activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change.

Director: Lindsey Grayzel
Cast: Ken Ward
Producer(s): Deia Schlosberg, Lindsey Grayzel
Release Date: 2018
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese

THE CARBON RUSH

The Carbon Rush focuses on the suffering caused by carbon trading around the world and the failure of global carbon markets to stop climate change.

Director: Amy Miller
Cast: Darryl Hannah, Karine Vanasse
Producer(s): Amy Miller, Byron A. Martin
Release Date: 2012
Languages: English, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish

RIGHT TO HARM

Formally the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroys the quality of life for nearby neighbors. These citizens band together from across the country to demand justice.

Director: Annie Speicher, Matt Wechsler
Cast: Elsie Herring, John Ikerd, Lynn Utesch, Maria Payan
Producer(s): Kendra Kimbirauskas, Mark Bittman, Reven Fellars
Release Date: 2019
Languages: English

HOLLYWOOD’S MAGICAL ISLAND CATALINA

Using rare 16mm archival film and vintage black & white still photographs, intercut with interviews of longtime island residents, historians and celebrities, Hollywood’s Magical Island chronicles Catalina from the Wrigley era through the present day resurrection of Avalon as a center for art, sports, music, and entertainment.

Director: Greg Reitman
Cast: Dick Dale, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Les Brown, Tony Dow
Producer(s): Greg Reitman, Mike Fenton
Release Date: 2003
Languages: English

GIANTS

Giants details the efforts and challenges neighbors of Eastmoreland confronted in their attempts to save three giant sequoias when Everett Custom Homes purchased a property in Portland’s Eastmoreland Neighborhood.

Director: Luz Carasa
Cast: Arthur Bradford, Beth Borgren, Jessie Spongberg
Producer(s): Conor Stava, Luz Carasa
Release Date: 2019
Languages: English

FUEL

America is addicted to oil and it is time for an intervention. Enter Josh Tickell, a man with a plan and a Veggie Van, who is taking on big oil, big government, and big soy to find solutions in places few people have looked

Director: Josh Tickell
Cast: Barbara Boxer, Neil Young, Robert Kennedy Jr., Sheryl Crow
Producer(s): Chip Rosenbloom, Danie Assael, Daniel Byers, Greg Reitman
Release Date: 2008
Languages: English

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