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OR I G I NAL P ROD U CTI ON
A Cle a n En erg y Revol u t i on
P R E S E N TS A ORI GI N A L PRODUC T I ON
D IR ECTED B Y J A ME S REDFO RD EXEC U T IVE PRO D U C ERS TO D D C L AY TO N C H AF F E E , J AM E S L ANG E R , NE DA N O BA R I F O U N DATI O N , J E F F A N D L AU R I E U B B E N
P R ODUCED BY JAMES RED FORD AN D J I L L T I D M AN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER J O NAT H AN W H I T E P O S T P R O D U C E R CA S S A N D R A J A B O L A
D IREC TO R O F PH OTO G RAPH Y JO H N B E H R E NS EDITORS J E F F B OY E T T E , T I NA I M AH AR A , B I L L W E B E R MU S IC B Y S E A N H AY E S
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Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn
of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities
stronger and healthier across the US.
SYN0PSIS
Filmmaker Jam es Redford em ba r ks on a color fu l p e r sona l j ou r ney into t h e d aw n of t h e c l ea n e n e rg y e r a
as it creates job s, tu r ns profit s , a nd ma ke s commu nit ie s st ronge r a nd h ea l t h i e r a c ro ss t h e US . Un l i ke l y
en trep rene u r s in com m u niti e s from G eorge town, TX to Bu ffa lo, NY revea l pi o n ee r i n g c l ea n e n e rg y so l ut i o n s
while Jam e s’ d iscover y of how c lea n e ne rgy wor ks , a nd w h a t it mea ns a t a pe r so n a l l eve l , b eco m e s t h e
audien ces’ discover y too. Rea c h ing we ll beyond a grea t stor y of tec h nol o g y a n d i n n ova t i o n , “ H a ppe n i n g ”
exp lo res issu e s of hu m an resil ie nce , soc ia l j u st ice , e mbr a c ing t h e fu t u re , a n d f i n d i n g h o pe fo r o ur s ur vi va l .MARK RUFFALO Oscar-nominated actor, filmmaker, social activist and solar advocate. MATTHEW NORDAN Jamie’s advisor and mentor on all things energy related. Matthew is managing partner at MNL Partners, who develop energy and environmental projects in global markets, with a focus on China. Also serves on the boards of five audacious tech start-upcompanies. and co-founder and chairman of the investment committee at PRIME Coalition, a pioneering 501c3 nonprofit that’s bringing philanthropic capital to energy innovation. DAVE RAMM Dave Ramm is the Chairman and CEO at BrightSource Energy, Inc owners and operators of the impressive Ivanpah Solar Thermal System. He is formerly the Managing Partner of Dymar Development, LLC, a Houston based energy development and consulting firm. Prior to forming Dymar, he was CEO and director at Turner Bros., a heavy lift and heavy haul company serving the wind and refinery industries. RAY MAYBUS (EX-SECRETARY OF NAVY) Last Secretary of Navy (2009-2017). Spearheaded the Navy’s move towards renewable energy sources.
MAYOR DALE ROSS Mayor of Georgetown, Texas, a conservative Central Texas town with a population of 54,000. Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Ross, Georgetown abandoned fossil fuel powered utilities in favor of wind and solar energy. Georgetown is the State’s first city-owned utility to make that leap—and their reasoning? It just makes financial sense. EMILY KIRSCH Emily Kirsch is Co-Founder and CEO of Powerhouse, the world’s first and only solar incubator and accelerator with over 40 solar startups and cleantech organizations. Prior to founding Powerhouse, Emily worked with former advisor to President Obama, Van Jones, at the Ella Baker Center where she launched and led the Green Jobs Corps – Oakland’s first solar training program. GIA SCHNEIDER Gia Schneider is a co-founder and the CEO of Natel Energy. Gia holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from MIT and has 13 years of experience in the energy and renewable industries. In 2005, Gia started the carbon emissions trading desk at Credit Suisse, growing it to a profitable business in its first year. Prior to Credit Suisse, she worked in the Strategy Group at Constellation, a leading power generation company. LISA JACKSON Lisa Jackson is the Vice President Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives at Apple, Inc. She was also the Administrator of the EPA from 2009 to 2013. She reports directly to CEO Tim Cook and oversees Apple’s environmental issues.
ANGELINA GALETIVA Angelina was appointed in 2011 by Governor Jerry Brown to the California Independent Systems Operator Board (CAISO). Additionally, she serves as a Chairperson of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and as Chair of the Renewable Energy Working Group at the Business for Environment (B4E) summits. SMs. Prior to July 2003, Angelina was the Executive Director-Strategic Planning, for the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), overseeing the utilitiy’s renewable energy program. STEPHEN BERBERICH Steve Berberich is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Independent System Operator (ISO). The ISO is one of the world’s largest transmission organizations, managing the electric grid and wholesale power markets for 30 million Californians. 2017 marks Mr. Berberich’s twelfth year with the ISO and his sixth year as CEO. During his tenure, he has navigated the ISO through a series of major changes underway in the energy industry. He is a frequent speaker nationally and internationally about the 21st Century Grid. DEBBIE DOOLEY President of the Green Tea Coalition or the “Green Tea Party”. The Green Tea Coalition exists to to find common ground among members from across the political spectrum to create, educate, and advocate for common-sense energy, economic, and development policies that protect our families, diversify our energy portfolio, and create a smart and vibrant 21st century economy where every company and technology competes on a level playing field and in an open-market. JESSICA SCOTT Jessica leads Vote Solar’s campaigns in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada. She currently serves on the Distributed Generation and Storage Technical Advisory Committee for the Nevada Governor’s New Energy Industry Task Force. She has worked for both the Denver’s Mayor Office and Department of Environmental Health where she helped create a local government working group focused on intervening in energy dockets at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
ASSEMBLYMAN CHRIS BROOKS (NEVADA ASSEMBLY, D) Introduced AB405 (Net Metering/Rooftop Solar) and AB206 (Utility Portfolio Standards) AB 206 to the Nevada State Assembly, calling for a phased-in approach to portfolio standards that would increase the renewable % goal by 4% every two years, starting in 2018-2019 when the goal would be set at 26%. SENATOR PATRICIA SPEARMAN (NEVADA SENATOR, D) Introduced Senate Bill 392 in Nevada Senate, Development of Community Solar. Also known as “solar gardens,” community solar projects generate electricity for a nearby “subscribers” such as households, small businesses, schools and nonprofits. Pat’s legacy of service began in 1977 when she joined the United States Army after graduating from Norfolk State University in Virginia. For nearly three decades, Pat served in a variety of posts within the Army, including assignments in Europe, Korea, Panama, and at the Pentagon where she worked as a staff ASSEMBLYMAN PAUL ANDERSON (NEVADA ASSEMBLY, R) Member of the Nevada assembly since 2013. Part of the bi-partisan team that supported and passed AB405, and brought rooftop solar back to life in Nevada.
“I know it’s going to change because when I talk to young people, they are not even
questioning that it’s happening, they just understand it.
I feel like it’s just happening.”
- Lis a Ja ckson Vice President Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, A ppl e I n c .
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
T oday, most Americans understand and accept
the reality of climate change. But as disturbing
evidence and imagery continues to mount, many
advent of radio, TV, and the Internet. The revolution
also reveals another intriguing fact: politically speaking,
the clean energy revolution is increasingly color-blind.
Happening chronicles my quest to answer
these questions. Although I have traversed the
country meeting the inspiring people leading
of us feel increasingly uncertain about what we, As we see in Happening, when something is cheaper the revolution, the most significant journey
as individuals, can do. For many of us, solutions to and better, political divides often begin to collapse. involved my own heart and mind. At the start of
climate change seem out of reach, out of scale and Although this information is encouraging, information Happening, I was feeling pretty cynical about
fatally entwined in partisan politics. alone is not enough. I spent a considerable effort the value of civic engagement and the political
working with The Redford Center to determine the process. Three years later, I have witnessed first-
Nonetheless, the clean energy revolution is quietly most impactful and engaging way to tell the story. Key hand the enduring value of political engagement,
but spectacularly underway. The clean energy to the strategy was casting myself in my true colors: active citizenry and reason over ideology. In spite
industry now employs more people than the fossil a semi-knowledgeable luddite who prefers plain of the turbulent political waters we are currently
fuel industry. Electricity generated from wind and English. As such, I journey through Happening with enduring, I feel more hopeful today than ever
solar is increasingly more affordable than electricity three questions in mind: Can we meet our energy about our ability to combat climate change, and
generated from fossil fuels, and the growth curve needs with renewable energy? How would we do I am excited to share this with audiences so that
for the generation and storage of renewable energy that? And, most importantly, will we do that? they may feel this way as well.
now resembles the exponential curves seen with the
- James RedfordJames Redford wr i te s , p rodu ce s a nd direc t s for Film a nd Te levi s i o n . P r i o r to co m pl e t i n g “ HAPPENING: A Cl ea n Ene rgy Revolu t ion” for H BO, J a mie s’ ot h e r H B O f i l m s i n c l ud e “ TOXI C HOT SEAT ” , “ THE BI G P I CTU R E: Re t h inking D y s lex ia ” , “ M ANN V. F O RD” a n d “ T H E KI N DN E SS OF STRANGERS” . Wh ile comp le t ing “ H AP PENI NG ” , J a me s h a s b ee n t r ave l i n g t h e wo r l d a s an Am er i can F i lm S h owca se a mba ss a dor w it h h is t wo awa rd-w i n n i n g d o c um e n t a r y f i l m s . R ESILIENCE: the Biology of St re ss a nd t h e Sc ie nce of H op e ” a s we l l a s “ PA P E R T I G E RS . ” Jam es i s the Co-fou nde r a nd Ch a ir of Th e Redford Ce nte r, a n o n - prof i t m ed i a e n t i t y t h a t e ng ag e s peopl e th ou gh ins p ir ing stor ie s t h a t ga lva nize e nv iro n m e n t a l a c t i o n . A m o n g m a ny of it ’s fu nc ti ons, the ce nte r ’s doc u me nt a r y film p roj ec t s inc lu de WAT E RS H E D, F I G H T I N G G O L I AT H and THE ART O F AC TI VI SM . J a me s live s in M a r in Cou nt y Ca lifo r n i a . H i s i n te re st s i n c l ud e pl ay i n g lead g u itar for O li ve a nd t h e D ir t y M a r t inis a s we ll a s yoga , s k i i n g s ur f i n g a n d cyc l i n g .
Jill Tidman, Producer Jill serves as the Executive Director of the The Redford Center, a non-profit media entity that engages people through inspiring stories that galvanize environmental action. As executive director of the Redford Center, Jill Tidman oversees everything from daily operations to shaping the center’s vision to producing documentary films and action campaigns. “Often the most important content is the least viewed, so shifting that and creating a different dynamic for the industry is what we’re helping push forward,” she says. Jill draws on her skill set as a producer, writer, filmmaker and activist, as well as her passion for sustainability issues, to create a new way forward with impactful storytelling. Prior to completing HAPPENING: A Clean Energy Revolution, Jill produced award-winning, high impact documentaries with The Redford Center including: WATERSHED, FIGHTING GOLIATH, and THE ART OF ACTIVISM. Jill lives in San Francisco with her husband Wil and her two children.
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CREDITS
Cou n tr y: U SA
Ru n n in g Time : 7 1 M inu te s
D ire c te d by Jam e s Redford
Exe cu tive Produ ce rs: Todd Clay ton Ch a ffee , J a me s La nger, N ed a N o ba r i Fo un d a t i o n , J e f f a n d
Lau r i e Ubbe n
Produ ce d by Ja me s Redford a nd J ill Tidma n
Exe cu tive Produ ce r for H B O Sh e ila Nev ins
Produ ce r for HBO Na ncy Abr a h a m
Coordin a tin g Prod u ce r for H B O J e sse We inr a u b
As socia te Produ ce r J ona t h a n Wh ite
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Editor s Je ff Boye t te , Tina I ma h a r a , Bill We be r
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/theredfordcenterTHE REDFORD CENTER Co-fou nd ed by Robe r t Redford a nd h is son J a me s in 20 05 , Th e Red fo rd Ce n te r h a r n e sse s t h e power of d oc u m e nt a r y films a nd impa c t ca mpa igns to h e lp t i p t h e sca l e s o n c r i t i ca l e nvi ro n - m ental and soc i a l iss u e s . Th e Redford Ce nte r ’s Fisca l Sp on so r s h i p P ro g r a m ex te n d s i t s n o n prof i t statu s and exce lle nt filmma ke r s u p p or t to kindred e nv iron m e n t a l i m pa c t f i l m a n d m ed i a pro j - ec ts. The Red ford Ce nte r ’s or igina l p rodu c t ions inc lu de : FI G H T I N G G O L I AT H : Tex a s Coa l Wa r s (2008 ) whi c h he lp ed p reve nt t h e const r u c t ion of 1 7 7 new coa l - powe red pl a n t s . WAT E RS H E D (2012) whi c h sec u red $10 million to s u p p or t on-t h e -grou n d re sto r a t i o n wo r k a n d o bt a i n wa - ter r ig hts for the de lt a region. Th e Redford Ce nte r ’s c u r ren t f i l m a n d ca m pa i g n , H A P P E N I N G : A CLEAN ENERGY R EVOLU TI ON ( 201 7 ) h a s bee n v iewed more t h a n 1. 5 m i l l i o n t i m e s s i n ce i t s H B O broad cast prem ie r in D ece mbe r 201 7 a nd won “ Be st Env iro n m e n t a l F i l m ” a t t h e 2018 N Y W I L D F i lm Fe stival . An d Redford Ce nte r G r a nt s p rov ide s fu nding , f i l m m a ke r s uppo r t , a n d n e t wo r k i n g to fi lm m aker s w it h fea t u re film p roj ec t s in ea r ly deve lop m e n t t h a t a re fo c used o n d r i vi n g awa re - ness, edu cation a nd t a ngible a c t ion on a va r ie t y of e nv iro n m e n t a l to pi c s . To l ea r n m o re , pl ea se vi si t redfordcenter.org.
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