A t a time when divisive political rhetoric is more strident than ever, this charming documentary from film-making duo Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn is a healing balm. Partners in life and in art, the couple build much of their practice around their community in Walthamstow, east London . Their previous project involved setting up an artist-run bank, selling their own currency notes and using the proceeds to buy back £1.2m of debt owned by ordinary local people. This latest film charts an even more ambitious undertaking: to equip the houses on their street with solar panels, transforming the neighbourhood into a power station.

Much of the film was shot by Edelstyn during lockdown, when the couple’s master plan first took shape. Zoom meetings with energy experts and collaborators are p

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