Powering Puerto Rico | Northeastern Films | 4K
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2023
- Puerto Rico, 2017: It all started with a storm and a car battery.
Eugene Smotkin, a Northeastern University professor, was home in San Juan for the summer when two disasters struck: His wife had a stroke and Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, leaving more than 3 million people without electricity. After days of powering a cell phone and a small fan with a car battery, Eugene and his wife were finally able to make it to Boston for the medical treatment she desperately needed.
Back on campus, he has an idea: In conjunction with just a few solar panels, Eugene believes he can make a fully functional, affordable, renewable nanogrid system powered by reconditioned hybrid car batteries. And he wants to do so all over Puerto Rico, giving back electricity to a neglected energy populace at a fraction of the current cost.
This is a film about Puerto Rico’s resilience through hardship-and one man’s ingenuity in bringing power to the masses.
CAST
Eugene Smotkin
Ramon Munoz
Ruth Santiago
Tito Kayak
Amílcar Antonio Barreto
Jonathan Doan
Marlon Michel
Sam Jackson Smith
Daniel Donnelly
Yue Li
Nilsa Ramos
Jonathan Munoz
Linda Smotkin
DIRECTED AND EDITED BY:
Adam Fischer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Michael Armini
Renata Nyul
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Fischer
Benjamin Bertsch
PRODUCERS
Adam Fischer
Eugene Smotkin
Renata Nyul
ADDITIONAL CAMERAS
Cameron Sleeper
Matt Eames
MUSIC
Universal Production Music
AUDIO MIXING
Heart Punch Studios
COLORISTS
Finish Post Productions
Daniel Goldberg
STOCK AND ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
Pond5
Motion Array
Periscope Films
CBS News - Miami
CBS This Morning
Fox News
Ricardo Rivera
GMA3:What You Need To Know
PBS News Hour
CNN - Наука та технологія
Wonderful documentary. It deserves to be seen by everyone. Happy that it won last night the best documentary award in the narrative and documentary shorts category at the Richmond International Film & Music Festival. Linda y Gene: ¡Un gran abrazo!
❤❤❤🇵🇷🇵🇷 gracias por compartir bonita historia
Powerful story and a very needed resource in Puerto Rico. I live here in Puerto Rico and would love to see this technology help the people here. I was here before, during, and after Maria. This would absolutely be a game changer!
🇵🇷 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 Dios Bendiga la Isla y su Gente. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
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Hermosa historia. Gracias por indagar en este tema tan importante para PR y por el cuál el gobierno se hace de la vista larga. Dios colme de bendiciones a este geupo de personas que se dio a la tarea de ayudar a esta familia. ♥️🇵🇷💯%
I lived it I live in yabucoa and it was so terrible where there was no light within a year and half no water within months it was a life changing experience. I lived most of my life in the states so this hurricane changed the way I was living day by day it made me more conscious on how I should prepare my self and family on hurricane season. It’s was pretty sad to here how many people passed. Hope there is a better way for electricity
I was here to
Me gustaria que entrevistaran gente que estubo preso en la Cacel 1072 en bayamon , no agua ni Luz cagando en bolsas,inclusibe la verja se callo y nadie se escapo.
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'Promo SM'
PODER PARA LAS NIÑAS! 💪#FLEX4fosteryouth #agtechjobs #campusjobs #prjobs #nomorewaiting @fosterbeets 🇵🇷 🇺🇸 🌎 💕