2015
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Documentary Lab

Catching the Sun

Over the course of a solar jobs training program, Catching the Sun follows the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers seeking jobs in the solar industry. With countries like China investing in innovative technologies and capitalizing on this trillion-dollar opportunity, Catching the Sun tells the story of the global energy transition from the perspective of workers and entrepreneurs building solutions to income inequality and climate change with their own hands. Their successes and failures speak to one of the biggest questions of our time: will the U.S. actually be able to build a clean energy economy?

FILM TOPICS
Environment & Nature
Politics & Government
FILMMAKERS
Meet the filmmakers behind the film.
ABOUT THE FILM
Documentary Lab
REGIONAL FOCUS
United States
East Asia
DEMOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Black Communities
Asian Communities