A Moment In The Sun
2020
Streaming Video
In the early days of solar vehicle racing, the most unlikely competitor was a Turkish nuclear physicist living in Australia named Ugur Ortabasi. He designed a four-seated solar-powered tandem bicycle only a mother could love. Still, in true underdog fashion, it would win the 1986 World Championships of Solar Vehicles. The story behind this unlikely victory was anything but sunshine and smooth sailing. A Moment in the Sun follows the story of a four-seat, solar-powered tandem bicycle that was built at the University of Queensland, Australia in the early 1980s. Long before the Green New Deal, solar pioneers grappled with the future of our planet. This is the story of one outlandish effort to change public opinion about renewable energy.The film follows the trials and tribulations of the tandem team, the fledgling solar industry as it struggled against the dominance of fossil fuels, and a family's life definded by the quest for renewable energy.
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Imprint:
United States : , 2020.Sydney : Beamafilm Pty. Ltd.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file (69 min.) )
Notes:
Available online at Beamafilm.EnglishDescription based on online resource; title from title screen.
Credits:
Director, Leslie Ortabasi,Oktay Ortabasi
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Uğur Ortabaşı
Audience:
G Beamafilm or New Zealand Standards OrganisationG Beamafilm or Irish Standards OrganisationG Beamafilm or American Standards OrganisationG Beamafilm or Canadian Standards OrganisationG Beamafilm or Australian Standards OrganisationU Beamafilm or British Standards Organisation
Language:
English
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Index terms:
Documentary1980sFossil FuelsEngineeringTechnologyEnvironmentDocumentary
BRN:
828955
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