In the digital age, half our electricity still comes from coal. Dirty Business reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories of innovators who are pointing the way to an alternative energy future. Guided by Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell, the film examines what it means to remain dependent on a 19th century technology that is the largest single source of greenhouse gases. Can coal really be made clean? Can renewables and efficiency be produced on a scale large enough to replace coal? The film seeks answers in a series of stories shot in China, Saskatchewan, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and New York.
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Director/Writer/Producer PETER BULL
Co-Producer & Additional Photography JUSTIN WEINSTEIN
Editor PASCAL AKESSON
Executive Producers ROBERT J. ROSENTHAL, CHRISTA SCHARFENBERG
Consulting Producer ALEX GIBNEY
Narrator & Editorial Consultant JEFF GOODELL
Director of Photography ANTHONY FORMA
Sound Recordist MICHAEL KARAS
Associate Producer CHRISTINA FLEMING
Original Music GARY LUCAS & BEN DECTER
Graphics DALE ROBBINS
Animation ALTON CHRISTIANSEN
Sound Editing & Re-Recording RICHARD FAIRBANKS
Additional Photography SAM PAINTER, TIM TYLER, BRETT WILEY
Additional Sound Recording BRIAN BUCKLEY, JEFF EDRICH, NEIL GETTINGER, DAVID MITYNG
Web Producer and Designer CARRIE CHING
Web Developer AF83
Film Researcher ROBERTA HELLING
Still Photography ANTRIM CASKEY
Fixers in China LU BO, JIAXI CHEN
Legal JUDY ALEXANDER
Intern GINA BULL
Generous Support Provided by:
11TH HOUR PROJECT
COW HOLLOW FUND
STEVEN COHEN
DEER CREEK FOUNDATION
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
FLEDGLING FUND
FRED GELLERT FAMILY FOUNDATION
