Jules she/herJan 4

The people who made the #BankJob film have made their film #PowerStation available online this weekend, a very #SolarPunk little film about their attempts to organise their street in #Walthamstow to crowdfund #SolarPanels for several local houses and a school.

I know there isn't much of this weekend left, but for the remainder of this weekend the film is available to view online for £12, £10 of which goes straight to the project and £2 is the processing fee.

https://streetbystreet.power.film/stream-on-demand

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Show threadJules she/her
I have to be honest and say I don't think this film was quite as strong as their previous one #BankJob, about their attempts to purchase and write off personal debt from predatory companies which I highly recommend and which you can watch here https://bankjob.pictures/. That one went into much more detail about the broader structural factors behind the laundering of unpayable personal debt,
Feature Documentary Film | Bank Job.Pictures

Community driven Feature film led by artist/filmmaker team Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell about an unlikely team for whom money works

BANK JOB
Jan 4 at 5:18pmWeb
Show threadJules she/herJan 4
whereas Power Station touched on the fact that energy costs were rising and a lot of the UK's housing stock is damp and poorly insulated and rental vs ownership is a huge barrier to householders getting renewable energy but didn't go into it in much detail, and was more concerned with the struggles of the various stunts they pulled to crowdfund the project. But I'd still very much recommend giving it a watch: it's a very optimistic little film because they manage to pull it off in the end and
Show threadJules she/herJan 4
The couple organising are very engaging and human: messy, sometimes optimistic and sometimes overwhelmed and occasionally piss each other off in a way that feels very honest.
Show threadJules she/herJan 4
It's also worth watching for the absolute standout star that is Ejaz - they interview various people living on the street about how they came to live there and Ejaz, a middle aged bloke of Pakistani heritage, then continues to pop up regularly and has about twice the charisma of everyone else who appears on screen put together.
Show threadJules she/herJan 4
He and his teenage daughter also steal the show for unanticipated social commentary, when he talks about how when he first came to the UK all his coworkers started calling him Ali for no reason. The interviewer asks if he thinks that was down to racism, he starts saying "Well it was a different time, everyone was trying their best..." and meanwhile his daughter's in the back of the shot nodding her head off.