What will it really take, to transition from oil and coal, to the energies of tomorrow? SWITCH goes where no film has gone before, deep into the world's most restricted energy sites, to depoliticize competing power sources, make the technical accessible, and discover the truth of our energy future. Test audiences have raved, calling it, 'The most important energy film since An Inconvenient Truth.'
Cinematography
Restricted-site access makes this visually unprecedented.
Direction
Lynch balances oil execs and activists without pandering.
Production
Four years filming across 11 countries on energy's frontlines.
Director
Harry Lynch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2012, the film's cautious optimism about natural gas as a 'bridge fuel' aged poorly as fracking debates exploded and methane leakage data worsened.
Director Harry Lynch founded Arcos Films specifically to make technically complex documentaries accessible; Scott Tinker is an actual state geologist of Texas, not an actor.
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