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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil is an American documentary film that explores the Special Period in Peacetime and its aftermath; the economic collapse and eventual recovery of Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Following the dramatic steps taken by both the Cuban government and citizens, its major themes include urban agriculture, energy dependence, and sustainability. The film was directed by Faith Morgan, and was released in 2006 by The Community Solution.




Overview


The film is a reflection of the peak oil scenario argued by oil industry experts and political activists, including Matthew Simmons and James Howard Kunstler. The Cuban economy, heavily dependent on economic aid from the Soviet Union, suffered tremendously following the end of the Cold War. The nation lost half of its oil imports, and 85 percent of its international trade economy. Director Faith Morgan, together with the non-profit group The Community Solution, seeks to educate audiences about peak oil and the impact it will have on transportation, agriculture, medicine, and other industries.




History of the film


The idea for a film based on the Cuban recovery first arose in August 2003 when Morgan traveled to Cuba as part of the Global Exchange program. Amazed by stories of survival during The Special Period, she learned that the Cuban economic crisis was survived with a fundamental shift in the country's economic policies, rather than with new energy sources. Morgan began securing funds for the film in 2004 with help from Community Services, Inc. and began filming in the fall of the same year.




See also



Organopónicos (the Cuban post-oil urban agriculture system)
CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism (documentary)
Making Sweden an Oil-Free Society
Peak oil




References






External links


The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil at IMDb
The official site of the film
Vimeo site for documentary

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• Ekologi pertanian
• The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
• Special Period
• Peak oil
• Richard Heinberg
• A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
• The End of Suburbia
• Matthew Simmons
• Economy of Cuba
• What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire
• Tom Blessing IV