New Light – A Kingdom goes Solar [2012]

Energy Disrupter

A documentary short about the transformative power of solar technology in the Kingdom of Tonga, an island nation heavily reliant on fossil fuels and foreign aid.

Goal: To capture the excitement around the new technologies of solar energy, and to showcase the progressive ethos of Tongans and Tonga Power limited.

Directed by J.Ollie Lucks
Edited by J.Ollie Lucks

Cinematography by Max Bellamy, Emily Hlavac Green, Joey Bania, J.Ollie Lucks
Colour Grade by Edward Saltau

Sound by J.Ollie Lucks
Music by The Shocking and Stunning

Thanks to Dan Bregman

Filmed on Panasonic GH2
Filmed in Nuku’alofa, Tonga

www.jollielucks.co.nz

Original source: https://www.solrenen.com/2021/02/21/new-light-a-kingdom-goes-solar-2012/