Power Trip

Aroview: This edge-of-your-seat documentary tells the real-life story of the devastating impact a huge American power company has had on the impoverished people of post-Soviet Georgia.

When AES Corp. purchases the newly privatised electricity distribution of Georgian capital Telasi, the stage is set for a violent culture-clash between the American corporation and the poverty-stricken residents, who received free power under communism. As home-owners resort to illegal re-wiring in attempt to escape impossibly high power bills, AES Corp. won't budge in it's efforts to keep wealthy American shareholders happy. Amidst all the furious tension we're also given a fascinating and socially insightful account of a nation finding it's way beneath the shadow of communism.