Power Trip

Dec 17, 2003

1h 26m

★ 4.2

Overview

Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Power Trip provides insight into today's headlines, with a graphic, on-the-ground depiction of the challenges facing globalization in an environment of culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

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Dennis Bakke

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Piers Lewis

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Butch Mederos

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Bill O'Reilly

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Michael Scholey

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