Power Trip
Verzio FF Duration: 01:25:00 In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity cut-offs and blackouts. AES Corp., the massive American "global power company," has purchased th...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English Georgian |
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United States
2003
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:2efe8bce-3998-4f34-8e07-16c3327755f5 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF
Duration: 01:25:00
In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity cut-offs and blackouts. AES Corp., the massive American "global power company," has purchased the privatized electricity distribution company in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. AES manager Piers Lewis must now train the ex-communist populace to understand that, in this new world, customers pay for their electricity. Meanwhile the Georgians, from pensioners to the Energy Minister himself, devise ever-more ingenious ways to get it free - including elaborately-rigged nests of hazardous wiring, blackmail, and bribery. Determined to restore order, the power company's employees fight back - going so far as to shut down an airline's power supply just before a plane lands. |
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| Published: | 2003 |