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Power Trip

What happens when an American energy conglomerate purchases a state-run electricity company in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia? Balancing hot tempers, high drama and widespread corruption, Power Trip explores the implications of globalization and privatization, the chaos of post-Soviet transition, and the real power struggle behind who keeps the lights on.

Series

Independent Lens, Global Voices

Premiere Date

January 25, 2005

Length

90 minutes

Paul Devlin

Producer/Director

Paul Devlin is an award-winning filmmaker whose work includes SlamNation, distributed nationally in theaters and cablecast on HBO/Cinemax and Encore/Starz. His fiction film, The Eyes of St. Anthony, is distributed by Tapestry International. As a freelance video editor, Devlin has been awarded five Emmys for his work with NBC at the Olympic Games and with CBS at the Tour de France. His extensive credits as an editor include commercials, music videos, weekly television shows, and sports television including the Super Bowl, World Cup Soccer, and the NCAA Basketball Championships, among others. Devlin is also the producing editor on Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, broadcast on VH-1 and winner of a Special Jury Award for Documentary Filmmaking at the 2002 Florida Film Festival.