Power Trip

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In 1999, the major American utility company AES Corporation spent over 30 million dollars to purchase the former Soviet Republic of Georgia's electrical distributing company, Telasi, in a bid to expand the American company's international market share. In his 2003 documentary entitled Power Trip, filmmaker Paul Devlin examined the actions of the Georgian citizenry and governmental officials, as well as those taken by the AES management team. What looked good on paper turned into a series of major business setbacks, as the Republic of Georgia had been beset with constant domestic turmoil since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Quite nearly from the beginning of the Telasi buy-out, the AES upper management team was presented with numerous seemingly unpredictable and insurmountable obstacles which included the extremely low incomes of the vast majority of the population and pervasive governmental corruption. As the American company struggled to single-handedly update a nearly Third World economy, the Georgian populace was merely struggling to exist. Power Trip was a included in the program for the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival.~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide

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  • Dec 11, 2023

    კაროჩე ეგეთი უცნაური ფაქტი იშვიათია. ეს არის ამერიკული დოკომენტური ფილმი თუ როგორ მიდიოდა საქართველოში ელექტროენერგიის მოხოდვაზე ჩალიჩი 90იანების ბოლოს და 2000იანების დასაწყისში. ალექსამ განმანათლა და მითხრა ამ ფილმის არსებობის შესახებ. თელასის, უშუქობის და ქართული საშინელი…

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    rati chikovani
    rati chikovani
    Apr 26, 2026

    i don’t know man, people in the reviews talking about late stage capitalism and americans being the problem yet… the only company providing electricity at all in the documentary was an american multinational. I don’t know maybe i missed the whole point of this. I did enjoy…

    2 Likes
    Zizou212
    Zizou212
    Jul 26, 2022

    I tried to enjoy this but it was kind of a snooze, and the topic is pretty depressing.

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    Neal Miller
    Neal Miller
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    Jul 26, 2026

    Un reportaje bastante objetivo y ciertamente crudo de la Georgia post- soviética no solo por evidenciar los rezagos comunistas en las prácticas ciudadanas sino que además explora la realidad diaria que no suele atraparse en los noticieros internacionales que hablan con…

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    Fernando Figueroa
    Fernando Figueroa
    Jul 12, 2025

    "You feel so insecure when light goes off." Electricity is one of those things you don't really think about on a daily basis, until you haven't got it. This was the problem faced by the people after the fall of socialism in the once Soviet Georgia. Overnight, citizens…

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    johnlease
    johnlease
    Jun 7, 2022

    This is a fascinating documentary, detailing how hard making even small changes in a society can be. The Republic of Georgia was a Soviet satellite in the Caucasus region. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgia attempts to move to democratic elections and a free market…

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    Mark Oppenlander
    Mark Oppenlander
  • Nov 30, 2021

    it was better than lecture so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    griff
    griff
    Sep 20, 2021

    Oh Late Stage Capitalism. Charming.

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    Nichtsbesondern
    Nichtsbesondern
    Aug 27, 2026

    Rare film sur la transition économique post-soviétique, la privatisation d'une entreprise nationalisée de distribution d'énergie, la fausse conscience du manageur étasunien, la mystique de l'électricité en Georgie. Voir le capitalisme être imposé par la force, avec le…

    0 Likes
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    louis
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How long is Power Trip?
The movie is 1hr 26min long.
What's Power Trip about?
In 1999, the major American utility company AES Corporation spent over 30 million dollars to purchase the former Soviet Republic of Georgia's electrical distributing company, Telasi, in a bid to expand the American company's international market share. In his 2003 documentary entitled Power Trip, filmmaker Paul Devlin examined the actions of the Georgian citizenry and governmental officials, as well as those taken by the AES management team. What looked good on paper turned into a series of major business setbacks, as the Republic of Georgia had been beset with constant domestic turmoil since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Quite nearly from the beginning of the Telasi buy-out, the AES upper management team was presented with numerous seemingly unpredictable and insurmountable obstacles which included the extremely low incomes of the vast majority of the population and pervasive governmental corruption. As the American company struggled to single-handedly update a nearly Third World economy, the Georgian populace was merely struggling to exist. Power Trip was a included in the program for the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival.~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide