Biodiesel documentary “Fields of Fuel” to make 50-city US tour
Submitted by Biofuels Digest Blog
The award-winning documentary, “Fields of Fuel” is expected to launch a 50-city U.S. tour at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in April. The director, Joshua Ticknell, will then lead a biodiesel-fueled caravan that will tie-in with music concerts, and reach 1,000 screens before reaching Washington, DC in time for the November elections.
“Fields of Fuel” debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film. “May we work together to create a green and sustainable future,” Ticknell said in accepting his award.An entertaining backgrounder is available on Joshua Ticknell, the “man who wanted to change the world…one tank at a time,” whose decade-long involvement with biodiesel culminated in the award-winning documentary “Fields of Fuel” that included Julia Roberts and Woody Harrelson among its interview subjects.
The report traces his story from a 25,000 mile odyssey of the “Veggie Van”, which was powered by used oil from fast-food franchises and home-brewed into biodiesel, to the making of the film.
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