Power Trip (PBS Documentary)
Winner
Berlin Film Festival
Winner
Hot Docs, Toronto
Winner
Florida Film Festival
Nomination
Independent Spirit Award
Winner
Berlin Film Festival
Winner
Hot Docs, Toronto
Winner
Florida Film Festival
Nomination
Independent Spirit Award
One of the Highest-Rated Films of 2003
– Rotten Tomatoes“Superbly balanced and organized.”
– The New York Times“Gripping! A Real-Life Thriller! Clarifies this horrendously complicated situation without oversimplifying its issues.”
– LA Weekly
This PBS documentary tells the story of corruption, assassination and street rioting over electricity in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Power Trip humanizes the monumental post-Soviet transition from communism to capitalism.
Power Trip was broadcast in over 60 countries, won 10 film festival awards (including top honors at Berlin and Hot Docs), inspired special events at the U.S. State Department, World Bank, and Council on Foreign Relations, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.