Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our generation. The film exposes shocking connections between the auto industry, the oil industry, and the government, while exploring alternative energies such as solar, wind, electricity, and non-food-based biofuels.
Direction
Tickell's personal biodiesel journey gives activist doc rare narrative heart.
Production
Surprising cameo power — Branson, Crow, David lend unexpected star wattage.
Director
Josh Tickell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tickell spent 11 years making this film, funded partly by biodiesel proceeds from his own converted veggie-oil van.
Released months before the 2008 financial crash, the film's urgency about oil dependency hit different audiences before vs. after the recession.
US
