YEAR OF RELEASE: 2003
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
RUNNING TIME: 85 mins.

SYNOPSIS:

Power Trip documents the long uphill battle by AES to keep the lights on, keep customers happy, and keep the number of collections rising steadily. Despite all the angry and recalcitrant customers, corruption, and even the threat of political assassination, AES trudges ahead, making a remarkable turnaround in a few short years from 10 percent collections to 70 percent. To the people of Georgia, electricity has become more than a convenience or even a necessity (especially during the cold Georgian winters) – it has become the embodiment of hope to a beleaguered nation. Likewise, Power Trip becomes a statement about just how crucial the flow of electricity has become in modern society. Think of all the things you couldn’t do without it. You couldn’t watch TV or play X-box or even have a decent light to read by. Most of you probably wouldn’t be able to work, or to read this review while wasting time surfing the web on your computer at work.

PRODUCTION CREDITS:

Director : Paul Devlin
Screenplay : Paul Devlin
Cinematographer : Paul Devlin 
Editor : Paul Devlin

AWARDS

CICAE AWARDS (Berlinale)
Best Documentary (Florida Film Festival)

FESTIVALS

Berlin International Film Festival
Florida Film Festival

DIRECTOR INFORMATION:

Paul Devlin is an independent film and video producer living in New York City. SlamNation is Paul’s second project with the spoken word culture as its center. Paul’s current projects include Power Trip about Americans trying to keep the lights on in the former Soviet Union, Freestyle about hip hop artists who can improvise their rhymes and Sticky Chess a small business selling velcro board games. A New Jersey native, Paul Devlin graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Language and Literature. He has visited over thirty countries, and has exhibited photographs of his travels. Paul has also published some of his writings, including an editorial in the New York Times.

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