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Powerless

In Kanpur, India, a city with 15 hour power outages, a nimble young electrician provides Robin Hood-style services to the poor. Meanwhile, the first female chief of the electricity utility company is on a mission to dismantle the illegal connections, for good.

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Independent Lens

Premiere Date

November 3, 2014

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Fahad Mustafa

Director/Producer

Fahad Mustafa was born in Kanpur, grew up in the Middle East, and has lived, studied, and worked in India, Europe, and North America. Fahad has previously worked as a freelance writer on energy and development issues in India. Mustafa’s first feature-length documentary was FC Chechnya. He lives in New Delhi, India.

Deepti Kakkar

Producer/Co-Director

Deepti Kakkar has worked in the field of social development and sustainable livelihood in India and Vienna. She has previously directed a film on microfinance in India, and worked on story development and as production manager on the film FC Chechnya. Kakkar lives in Ghaziabad, India.