A documentary designed to change the way people think about renewable fuels — called “PUMP The Movie” — has been showing around the country, including this week in Lincoln. Screened at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center for about 100 attendees at an event hosted by the Nebraska Ethanol Board, the film takes a provocative look at the oil industry, the grip it has on the nation’s motor fuels and what competition might mean if alternative fuels could gain a meaningful share of the nation’s gas tanks.
Yossie Hollander has produced a documentary on the United States’ addiction to oil. He explains how it is possible to go cold turkey on the black gold – at minimal cost.
Behind PUMP is an Israeli investor and philanthropist, Joseph “Yossie” Hollander, the founder of New Dimension Software. For Hollander, this is just another stage in his battle over the past 10 years to free the United States from its destructive dependence on oil.
Fuel Freedom co-founder and Chairman Yossie Hollander guided PUMP the movie to a successful weekend in Atlanta, hosting two Q&As after Friday night’s and Saturday night’s showings at the historic Plaza Theatre.
He also promoted the film and its message on radio, appearing on both WMLB-AM1690 (“The Voice of the Arts”) and its sister station, WCFO-AM1160 (“The Talk of the Town”). You can listen to the first interview below:
During the segment, Hollander was asked how he got involved with PUMP, a project more than two years in the making.
He answered: “We realized long ago that oil is one of the toughest problems we have. We are funding our enemies, but it’s mainly a burden for the American people. It’s the air we breathe. The brown cloud you see above Atlanta is not from coal, it’s from oil.
“And mostly it’s the burden on our pockets. Families really suffer, and we figured out this is the biggest problem that we can solve. If we can do it with cheaper American fuels, we can actually change America.”
Here’s the second interview, on WCFO, which aired Saturday and Sunday:
PUMP premiered in September and continues to play in theaters around the country. This week it debuts in Tucson, Anchorage and Brunswick, Maine. Visit PumpTheMovie.com for theaters and times, and to buy tickets.
PUMP Review Last One to Leave the Theater Blog The film does an excellent job of showing how much our economy is dependent on oil, but the film isn’t all about bad news.
PUMP Review Outtakes Atlanta The American relationship with oil is tricky, to say the least. Demand is high, and has been for decades, but it’s not exactly popular. Pump looks to take this contradiction and suggest alternatives.
“Pump” Kids First! [Video] Kid Critic review by Keefer Blakeslee
PUMP Medium Rare Pump begins as a secret history, taking on shades of a conspiratorial thriller, before concluding as a kind of glossy propaganda pitch for every American’s right to energy independence.
Our big sistah paper in NYC, Village Voice, called Pump the Movie a “compelling and cogent documentary,” so since it ends its one-week run at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana tonight, get on over and see it (at 7:30 or 9:15 p.m.).
PUMP is an eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America’s addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it and finally win choice at the pump. This film is well researched and easy to understand. The directors, Joshua and Rebecca Tickell won a Sundance award for their 2008 documentary Fuel.
America’s obsession with oil is on tap in Pump, the latest film by husband-wife documentarian duo Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell. Their previous film, Fuel, Freedom and The Big Fix, also focused on the hazards of America’s oil dependence, so it’s no surprise that Pump – which premiered in the D.C. area Oct. 6 – tackles the issue head on, with the goal of advocating for alternative fuel solutions.
Our Mission: Fuel Freedom Foundation is working to reduce the cost of driving your existing car or truck by opening the market to cheaper, cleaner, American-made fuel choices at the pump.
