SEEKING THE CURRENT
Showing
at :
THE TILLOTSON CENTER, Colebrook,
Monday, May 21, 7:00 pm
In Colebrook, park by
the Post Office.
THE COLONIAL THEATER, Bethlehem,
Thursday, May 24, 7:30 pm
"If
you pay an electric bill, you have to see this film !"
SEEKING THE CURRENT
Nicolas
Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere collaborate with Quebecois film star Roy
Dupuis for this documentary of passionate environmental advocacy. The film is a
convincing critique of Hydro Quebec's Romaine River initiative--a plan to
construct four dams along the 500- kilometre waterway. It's also a story of
devolution from social democratic ideals to greed and environmental
destructiveness. Narrated by Dupuis and framed by the filmmakers' 2008 canoe
journey down the river, this movie details the history of Quebec's energy
industry, the likely environmental costs of the new project and, most
constructively, the plethora of alternatives to hydroelectricity. Solar energy,
biomass, biogas, energy efficiency, wind and geothermal power--all are
thoroughly examined in terms of cost, applicability, and efficiency, and the
case for them is overwhelmingly persuasive. Here's a film that goes well beyond
critique to a detailed vision of a better future for the land. The evidence is
in the scrupulous research, but the power lies in the filmmakers' journey of
dedication, and the beautiful images it produces.
SEEKING
THE CURRENT
A film by Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de
Gheldere with Roy Dupuis
« If you pay an electricity bill, you have to see
this film ! »
Location: Tillotson
Center, 14 Carriage Lane, Colebrook, NH (park by the Post Office)
Date: Monday, May 21,
2012
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: is FREE,
Donations are Welcome and Tax Deductible.
Location: Colonial
Theater, 2050 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH
Date: Thursday, May 24,
2012
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: is FREE,
Donations are Welcome.
Length:
85:20 minutes
Movie Type: “Road movie”
documentary (canoe expedition)
Languages : French,
English, with English narration and English subtitles.
Based on an original idea of
: Nicolas Boisclair
Writers and Directors : Nicolas
Boisclair, Alexis de Gheldere
Director of photography and
sound : Alexis de Gheldere
Producer : Denis McCready
Executive Producers: Sylvie
Van Brabant and Francine Tougas
Narrator: Roy Dupuis
Editor: Étienne Gagnon
Music: Alexandre Stanké,
Pascal Dufour, Yann Perreau
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SEEKING THE CURRENT "
A
“road movie” on a river.
A
year before Hydro Quebec starts building an 8-billion dollar hydroelectric project,
Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere collaborate with Quebecois film star
Roy Dupuis for this documentary of passionate environmental advocacy. The film
is a convincing critique of Hydro Quebec's Romaine River initiative--a plan to
construct four dams along the 500- kilometer waterway.
Packed
with an Innu stove, two solar panels and a 2,500-page environmental assessment
impact study, they discover a river and the future impacts of Hydro Quebec’s
hydroelectric project. Kilometers after kilometers, they open their eyes on a
rich and spectacular ecosystem, virgin of any development. For now. During this
46 day expedition, they document a vast region of spectacular beauty and
archive stunning images for future generations.
It's
also a story of devolution from social democratic ideals to greed and
environmental destructiveness. Narrated by Dupuis and framed by the filmmakers'
2008 canoe journey down the river, this movie details the history of Quebec's
energy industry, the likely environmental costs of the new project and, most
constructively, the plethora of alternatives to hydroelectricity. Solar energy,
biomass, biogas, energy efficiency, wind and geothermal power--all are
thoroughly examined in terms of cost, applicability, and efficiency, and the
case for them is overwhelmingly persuasive.
Can
green energies be a real alternative? What is Quebec’s green energy potential?
Are these four dams really needed in a territory that already has one of the
highest concentration of hydroelectric dams in the world. 48 years after the
election that lead to the nationalization of electricity in Quebec, are
Quebecers still “Maîtres chez nous”* (Masters in our own home)?
Here's a film that goes well beyond critique to a
detailed vision of a better future for the land. The evidence is in the
scrupulous research, but the power lies in the filmmakers' journey of
dedication, and the beautiful images it produces.
* In
1962, the Premier of Quebec, Jean Lesage and Natural Resources Minister René
Lévesque campaigned to get public support for the nationalization of
electricity in Quebec. They won the election and launched the most important
economic development in the history of the province.
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