In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity cut-offs and blackouts. AES Corp., the massive American "global power company," has purchased the privatized electricity distribution company in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. AES manager Piers Lewis must now train the ex-communist populace to understand that, in this new world, customers pay for their electricity. Meanwhile the Georgians, from pensioners to the Energy Minister himself, devise ever-more ingenious ways to get it free - including elaborately-rigged nests of hazardous wiring, blackmail, and bribery. Determined to restore order, the power company's employees fight back - going so far as to shut down an airline's power supply just before a plane lands.

Festival Awards:
- 2004 Independent Spirit Award Nomination
- 2003 Berlin Film Festival, International Forum The Berliner Zeitung Readers' Jury Prize
- 2003 Berlin Film Festival, International Forum A Special Mention by the International Confederation of Art Cinemas
- 2003 Florida Film Festival The Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature
- 2003 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Best International Documentary - Feature
- 2003 Transparency International Film Festival Best Documentary Award
- 2003 Port Townsend Film Festival, Washington Best Documentary
- 2003 Red Bank International Film Festival, New Jersey Best Documentary
- 2003 Fieburg Okomedia Environmental Film Festival, Germany "Golden Lynx" - First Prize for Best Journalistic Achievement
- 2003 Ecomove Film Festival, Berlin, Germany Grand Prix