We know Americans want to use solar and wind energy to power their homes and cities. What is stopping us? For some, nothing.
On May 14th, we will be screening "How to Power a City," a documentary film that explores stories from the front lines of the clean energy revolution. The film showcases people leading the way to a clean energy future in the United States. It is set in wide-ranging locations, from urban sprawls of New York City, Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Detroit/Highland Park to towns in mountainous Vermont and communities throughout Puerto Rico.
The filmmaker: Melanie La Rosa is an award-winning filmmaker and a professor at Pace University. She’s also a 2022 Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis with the OpEd Project and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Her documentaries focus on social issue stories and have generated critical acclaim and applause at film festivals. Her documentary "How To Power A City,” was released in 2022. On the long road to releasing the feature documentary, several short films from “How To Power A City” have screened around the world. One — "Solar Libre: Family Affair" — won The Director’s Award, Best Short Puerto Rico Documentary, at the 2019 Rincón International Film Festival in Puerto Rico. Others screened at film festivals in Toronto, Melbourne, San Francisco, Detroit, New York City, and several other places.
We know Americans want to use solar and wind energy to power their homes and cities. What is stopping us? For some, nothing.
On May 14th, we will be screening "How to Power a City," a documentary film that explores stories from the front lines of the clean energy revolution. The film showcases people leading the way to a clean energy future in the United States. It is set in wide-ranging locations, from urban sprawls of New York City, Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Detroit/Highland Park to towns in mountainous Vermont and communities throughout Puerto Rico.
The filmmaker: Melanie La Rosa is an award-winning filmmaker and a professor at Pace University. She’s also a 2022 Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis with the OpEd Project and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Her documentaries focus on social issue stories and have generated critical acclaim and applause at film festivals. Her documentary "How To Power A City,” was released in 2022. On the long road to releasing the feature documentary, several short films from “How To Power A City” have screened around the world. One — "Solar Libre: Family Affair" — won The Director’s Award, Best Short Puerto Rico Documentary, at the 2019 Rincón International Film Festival in Puerto Rico. Others screened at film festivals in Toronto, Melbourne, San Francisco, Detroit, New York City, and several other places.