Release Date: 09.21.10 | Location: All Metro Atlanta | Organization: Ahmann
Screening of "Houston, We Have a Problem" Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Cheap Energy
Featuring Discussion w/ Nobel Prize Winning Researcher Dr. Marilyn Brown of Georgia Tech and Dennis Creech of Southface
Atlanta, GA – September 21, 2010 – New Angle Media and Native Range Productions, together with Southface, are proud to present the documentary feature film, “Houston, We Have a Problem,” directed and produced by Atlanta native Nicole Torre.
This screening will be held September 22, 7 p.m. at the Hill Auditorium, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309. Admission is $8 at the door, or $5 for Southface members who register online in advance. Seating is limited and advance registration is recommended – please click here to purchase your tickets.
Following the Atlanta screening, the audience is invited to participate in a discussion of energy solutions for the Southeast. Nicole Torre, the film’s director; Dennis Creech, executive director of Southface; and energy and climate policy expert Dr. Marilyn Brown of Georgia Tech will lead this discussion.
This special Southface screening precedes the film’s opening at the EcoFocus Film Festival at the University of Georgia, which will be held on September 24, 2010, 6 p.m. at Cine Screening Room, 234 W. Hancock Street, Athens, GA 30601.
About “Houston, We Have a Problem”
“Houston, We Have a Problem,” stands out in the surge of films that address “green” issues. It looks inside the energy capital of the world to understand America's dangerous appetite for oil consumption. Today, in the midst of intractable wars, global warming, recession, peak oil and oil spills, the world’s energy demand continues to skyrocket. Energy demand in the U.S. alone is expected to grow by 50 percent over the next 20 years.
The film presents interviews and confessions of this country’s oilmen, including Texas oil barons and wildcatters; the former president of Shell Oil; the chairman of BP Capital; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; and Middle East adviser Joanne Herring. Ms. Herring, who married the founder of Enron, is also the person on whom Julia Roberts' character was based for the film “Charlie Wilson's War.”
“Houston, We Have a Problem” traces the history of oil drilling in America, and shows how the country came to rely on foreign oil. It also reviews Congress' longstanding and empty promises to develop alternative energy sources, and looks at U.S. energy policy from a strategic perspective, noting its historic focus on profit, politics and party lines. However, a new form of “wildcatting” in alternative energies is just now beginning to change the oil industry and the country. “Houston, We Have a Problem” also brings both sides of the energy business together, seeking solutions, and making it clear that we must embrace all forms of renewable energy to sustain the planet and ourselves.
The world premiere of “Houston, We Have a Problem” was held in 2009 at the American Film Institute (AFI) in Dallas. Since then, it has been screened at several film festivals, and it was an official selection at the Calgary International Film Festival; the Cambridge, U.K. Film Festival; The International Documentary Film Festival – Amsterdam; The United Nations Association Film Festival; the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival; the Austin Film Festival; the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival; the San Diego Film Festival; and the Environmental Film Festivals at Yale, Princeton and Barcelona, Spain. “Houston, We Have a Problem” was also part of the Documentary Fortnight at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Nicole Torre was named Best Director at Docuwest Film Festival.
For more information, please view the film’s trailer at www.HoustonWeHaveAProblemFilm.com
Contact Info
Contact Name: Dawn Cochran
Company: Ahmann
Phone: 404-589-0709
E-mail: [email protected]
Related Links
- Houston, We Have a Problem
- Southface
