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Indie Film Forum Filmmaker Kirsi Jansa on Channel PCTV

by Admin on November 7, 2014 in Press, Uncategorized

Indie Film Forum Filmmaker Kirsi Jansa on Channel PCTV.

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Gas Rush Stories

Visit Kirsi Jansa's other documentary project 'Gas Rush Stories.'

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“Where Kirsi Jansa excels, and a few of her peers in the movement occasionally falter, is in journalistic clarity. View any episode of Sustainability Pioneers and you will appreciate that Jansa and her team are patient. They do their homework. They isolate the important questions, they ask them, and then they LISTEN to the answers. It is this phenomenon of listening “with” the audience — to the scientists, to the activists, to the authorities, and to the entrepreneurs — that places this series firmly into the category of legitimate interpretive journalism. Yes, interpretive: not, partisan, not special-interest, not liberal, not even political, and certainly not anti energy business. This director’s style is solid, investigative, unbiased storytelling, and in this series she introduces the audience to a variety of our neighbors and friends who just happen to be two steps ahead of the rest of us in understanding the urgency of — and who are moving more quickly forward with — the transition from fossil fuel dependency to the much healthier, more sustainable, and far less costly options represented by smarter energy sources. Jansa’s common sense questions and matter-of-fact narration prompt the viewer to wonder how anyone could still be concerned that focusing on water, wind, soil, and sunlight represents a controversial new idea, or why we aren’t making immediate, large-scale investments in safer, transformative energy sources.”

Tim Hudson, Ph.D. Professor of Journalism Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA

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New York Times / Dot Earth on Gas Rush Stories

Andrew Revkin blogs about Gas Rush Stories, Kirsi Jansa’s first short doc series. Click here to read the article.

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