We are glad to announce that Life off Grid will be available for public viewing very soon. The first release will be through various Video on Demand platforms. Stay tuned to this blog for details, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Life off grid to play in St. John’s, NL
Life off grid will play in St. John’s, Newfoundland on June 27 at 2:00pm as an official selection of the Nickel Independent Film Festival. More details available here:Â http://nickelfestival.com/event/side-screening-2/
Screening in Tofino this weekend
Life off grid will be screening in Tofino this weekend. It will play on saturday, May 30 at 7:00pm at Clayoquot Sound Theatre, on 380 Campbell St. Admission by donation. More details at: https://allevents.in/tofino/life-off-grid-film-and-agm/487311371423968
Life Off Grid to screen at London film festival
A new screening of Life off grid has been confirmed. Our documentary will play at the London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film. For details see http://sci-fi-london.com/festival/2015/programme/documentary/life-grid The film will play at 5:30pm on Sunday June 7 at Stratford Picturehouse.
Latest news
I have been quiet for some time because things have been hectic, but it’s now time to catch up and report some news. I am currently in Paris, where today at 6pm local time Life off Grid will have its official world premiere. The venue is Cine 13 in Montmartre, for the 2nd annual edition of the […]
Two upcoming presentations
In the UK? Check out two upcoming talks: in London (Goldsmiths) on March 25: http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=8353 University of Edinburgh on April 2: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/geosciences/research/research-institutes/geog-lived-environment/human-geography/seminars
Ethnografilm
Our first laurel goes up! Life off grid has been accepted for screening at Ethnografilm, happening in Paris April 9-12. Tickets are free and I hear Paris in the spring ain’t a bad place to be.
Latest interview
A few days ago I took part in Mrs. Green’s World: a fantastic internet radio show growing out of Arizona. The wonderful host and interviewer had lots of great questions and I deeply enjoyed the long conversation. The podcast is available here.
New blog post for Mother Earth News
Condensing 65,000 miles of travel across the country, almost three years of research, and nearly 200 interviews into 1 hour and 25 minutes wasn’t an easy feat. But the process of selection says a lot about the things that mattered to us as film-makers. Matt Clarke (editor), Jon (director), and I (producer) decided to build […]
Off-gridders have seen the environmental light
The Halifax Herald published this week a fantastic review of our book. It is available here and reposted below: A book by Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggart, Off the Grid, is the single best source of anecdotal analysis on this energy subject I’ve seen in 40 years. Published under Routledge’s Innovative Ethnographies series, backed by […]