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The Sleeping Giant: A Localist Manifesto

Four-part video series on Paul Fenn, pioneer of the Community Choice Energy movement in the United States. Produced by Stuart Farmer. Directed by Yoni Goldstein. Written by Charles Schultz. Production Assistant is Sebastian Alvarez. Filmed on location at Local Power in Mendocino and Marin County, California, 2017. Mass Ornament Films, 2018.

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