The movie is amazing. Deeply philosophical reflection on the concept of community. It's fascinating to watch people who believe in the clean energy revolution, that a world without corporate greed is possible, like these hobbits taking care of each other. And whether that utopia in the bigger picture is possible is up to us and each individual.
On the other hand, the film is not propaganda at all. It's very real and shows the difficulties, the struggles that they have to go through. It is an unusual type of documentary without a narrator, giving the space to think. The film is made with interesting cinematography, you get the impression that every picture is for something and helps to understand the story. As in most acclaimed documentaries, the camera is with the characters, showing their daily actions. I recommend it to all sensitive creatures, especially those who still believe that this world can be different.
Human Energy
2018
Action / Documentary
Human Energy
2018
Action / Documentary
7.3Plot summary
This is a story about modern hobbits, who, frightened by the prospect of life after climate change, decide to take power into their own hands. They implement a circular economy in the power industry sector by establishing renewable energy cooperatives and produce their own energy. There are countries where everyone can earn from renewable energy business more than from bank deposit. Would 5% convince you to change your energy supplier? Give up fossil fuels? Stop feeding the greed of multinational corporations? To stop feeling like FUEL. What are the profits and benefits of a circular economy? How to change obsolete thinking and technologies into dispersed sustainable power engineering? More than 2,500 energy cooperatives in Europe have already checked and still believe in the responsible approach. From tales of dozens of people from 12 European countries (England, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Italy) a modern chronicle has been created that boldly breaks the stereotypical approach to finding those responsible for climate change. In a surprising way, the issues of economics, geopolitics, and power engineering additionally bring in more than a dozen outstanding scholars among others: Prof. Vincenzo Balzani from the University of Bologna, Prof. Brian Vad Mathiesen from the Aalborg University in Denmark, or Doc. Bernard Laponche, French pioneer of nuclear energy. The document with humor presents a cross-section of energy and social solutions tested but unknown to the regular audience.
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