Voice Project

Type ClimateVoice → Movie
: Solar One (23rd St. & FDR Drive)
About: 26-year-old Daniel Dembele decides to return to his homeland in Mali and start a local business building solar panels - the first of its kind in the sun drenched nation. Burning in the Sun tells the story of Daniel's journey growing the shaky startup into a viable company, and of the business' impact on Daniel's first customers in the tiny village of Banko. Taking controversial stances on climate change, poverty, and African self-sufficiency, the film explores what it means to grow up as a man, and what it takes to prosper as a nation. The second year of the series. A six-evening program featuring screenings of environmental documentaries. The Solar-Powered Film Series is the first in New York City to use the power of the sun to construct an outdoor "eco-theater"