WE THE POWER | DOCUMENTARY SHORTS IV: "OUR OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS"

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Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity production back to your neighbors. WE THE POWER follows friends, families and visionaries as they break down legislative barriers and take power back from big energy companies to put it in the hands of locals and strengthen their towns. The film chronicles local cooperatives from deep in Germany’s Black Forest to the streets of ancient Girona in Spain and the urban rooftops of London, England, as they pave the way for a renewable energy revolution and build healthier, financially stable communities.

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David Garrett Byars made his directorial debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with NO MAN’S LAND (Tribeca Film Festival 2017, Independent Lens), a documentary about the 2016 militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Byars also produced and lensed MASSACRE RIVER (Hot Docs 2019, ITVS, PBS) Suzan Beraza’s film about statelessness in the Dominican Republic. Byars’ latest film, PUBLIC TRUST, premiered at

the Big Sky Film Festival in 2020, where it won the juried Big Sky Award, and has over 2.4 million streams to date.

Year
2021
Runtime
38 minutes
Language
English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Country
Netherlands, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
Premiere
No, it's not a premiere
Rating
The whole family (including children)

Director
David Garrett Byars
Producer
Nicholas Weissma, Carlos Carneiro, Roos van de Weerd
Editor
Lyman Smith

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DOCUMENTARY SHORTS IV: "OUR OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS"

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WE THE POWER

WE THE POWER follows friends, families and visionaries as they break down legislative barriers and take power back from big energy companies to put it in the hands of locals and strengthen their towns.