Power Station is a compelling documentation of Dan Edelstyn’s and Hilary Powell’s mission to transform their street into a green new hub of clean energy. It blossoms into a story of community solidarity and an unwavering fight for a better tomorrow. Infectious in its optimism, it shows that if we wish to save our planet, we should start with where we live.
Join us together with King’s Lynn Community Cinema Club for a screening of this powerful and popular film at the Majestic Cinema. Followed by a Q&A with film-makers Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell, we will be joined by Tom Burke, climate change activist.
Get your ticket at the Majestic Cinema by 7.00 on October 1
Your Power Station ticket price will include day membership of King’s Lynn Community Cinema Club which costs £6.00 or you can join for £20 per year
Any queries, contact communitycinemaclub@googlemail.com
The ticket includes a free simple vegetarian supper and drinks at the gallery.
Power Station: The outline story
Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.
Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives.
Directed by the duo, the film charts their turbulent journey, from pitching the idea to their neighbours and sleeping on the roof of their home, to raising finance and launching a bid for a Christmas number one single.
By turns funny and heartwarming, Powell and Edelstyn’s film is a vibrant portrait of their local neighbourhood, and a charming testament to the power of art in changing minds about what could be possible.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaoJzRiZ25s
Certificate 12A; Running time 96 minutes
The film-makers say:
“Power Station began in the depths of lockdown – and in the aftermath of our previous film Bank Job, where we purchased and blew up £1.2 million of local debt – with the question ‘’what could we do from where we live, with the people around us, to build power – of energy and imagination?’
Working to turn a street and local schools solar, Power Station is a scalable in-your-face prototype of community led power. Channelling Withnail and I and Ealing comedy the film charts the financial and emotional trials and tribulations of making change together. From sleeping on rooftops to growing thousands of sunflowers and attempts at Christmas number one, community spirit and resilience are at the heart of this documentary.”
Hilary Powell
Co-film-maker Hilary Powell was one of GroundWork Gallery’s artists in residence for the year 2025 and showed a marvellous installation ‘Extracting Ourselves from the Edges of England, A Drama in 10 Acts’, in the exhibition Ground Water
This screening has been made possible by an anonymous donation for which KLCCC and GroundWiork Gallery are very grateful.
