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- 2003
- Unrated
- 1 h 26 m
- 2003
- Unrated
- 1 h 26 m
Summary In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts. (Films Transit International)
- 2003
- Unrated
- 1 h 26 m
- 2003
- Unrated
- 1 h 26 m
Power Trip
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Summary In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts. (Films Transit International)
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
75
92% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Intelligent, revealing, and sometimes hilarious.
A skillful assemblage of newsreel clips, cartoons ridiculing the American interlopers, television commercials and interviews with power officials and ordinary Georgians. It gives new and darker meaning to that comfy adage "We're all connected."
Made with deft evenhandedness, Paul Devlin's accomplished film plays almost like a fictional drama, containing suspense, comedy and some colorful characters.
If the documentary has a star, it's pony-tailed AES exec Piers Lewis, who had the impossible job of getting Georgians to actually pay for their electricity.
Devlin tells his story without bias but with shards of gallows humor.
To its enormous credit, doesn't cast the conflict as cut-and-dried exploitation. It presents something altogether more complex--too complex, unfortunately, for an 85-minute documentary to elucidate perfectly.
An instructive account of the perils of attempting to privatize decrepit public utilities in countries with stagnant economies.
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Release Date Dec 12, 2003
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline Electricity is hope
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Florida Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
