After an amazingly successful World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this past Earth Day, Revenge of the Electric Car will be making an appearance at a handful of other festivals across the country, as we gear up for a wider release.  Check our "See the Film" page for links to showtimes, and keep checking back for new screening announcements and to request the film come to your city.

A little birdie told us that Chris Paine will be present for the Mountainfilm screenings, for those of you who can make it to Colorado for that festival and want to chat with the director in person. 

We're very happy to announce that "Revenge of the Electric Car" will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2011 in New York City! We heard the news while getting started with our sound mixing and color correction, which we will wrap up just in time to deliver the film straight from the editing room to the festival.

Tribeca announced that “Revenge of the Electric Car" will make its grand debut during the opening weekend as its Spotlight feature documentary. We’re especially excited to be premiering at such a prestigious festival. “For many people, this is year 1 of the electric car,” said director Chris Paine. "For us to be playing at Tribeca in New York on Earth Day is a great sign that the electric car revolution is more than just a great story, it's our future with less imported oil."

"Revenge of the Electric Car" tells the story of how the plug-in car has come back from the dead in a few short years. With gas prices rising around the world again in monetary and environmental terms, many drivers want alternatives. “Revenge of the Electric Car” went behind the scenes for 3 years with 3 carmakers and 1 converter as they race to bring their electric cars to market.

After the Earth Day premiere, the film will have a handful of other screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tickets to those screenings will go on sale at the festival’s website here.  Stay tuned for more details on the festivities surrounding the premiere- it’s going to be a great event!

BTW, Thank you for overflowing our email box with messages about when the film will be showing near you! So far the only answer we can give is “as soon as we can!” After our premiere at Tribeca, we’ll be mapping out our release strategy to bring the film to the cities with the most requests for it first. If you haven't already please request the film here and pass it along. The future is electric!

Our co-producer continues her account of shooting behind the scenes at Tesla. As we captured key meetings with department heads,  Elon stressed his commitment to ramping Tesla up - and the fact that his role was hands-on. He reminded person after person that no problem or detail was too small. The buck stopped with Elon.

 We pulled a marathon day, and our cameraman, Adam, worked valiantly to keep up.  Filming meetings is actually difficult to do well. You need to know the subject, know the players, and then make split-second decisions as to how to follow the action. Along the way, we captured a couple of job interviews and captured Elon's policy of interviewing most employees in person. One of our interviews was a young engineer. When asked about the recent layoffs he said "You have to cut your burn rate. It's just the way business works — for start-ups especially." A couple of Tuesdays later, I took a cameraman back to witness an "all hands meeting" at Tesla's Menlo Park office. Again, the back warehouse was full with cars about to be delivered. This time, we saw cars approaching VIN number 100.  Elon voiced his displeasure with an internal issue that had been passed on to the press by an employee.   Then a slide show came on, and we got a sneak peak at a photo of 'Model S'. OMG.  I don't usually think of sedans as sexy, but this car is gorgeous.  If and when this happens, Tesla will have trouble keeping them in stock at any price point.  My family of five might just have to be first in line.