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Life Off Grid (2016)

A film about disconnecting

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Jonathan Taggart

Synopsis

Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the electric and natural gas infrastructure. From 2011 to 2013 Jonathan Taggart (Director) and Phillip Vannini (Producer) spent two years travelling across Canada to find 200 off-gridders and visit them in their homes. -

Actors

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Jonathan Taggart
Jonathan Taggart
Director
Matt Clarke
Matt Clarke
Editor
Jonathan Taggart
Jonathan Taggart
Cinematography
Phillip Vannini
Phillip Vannini
Producer
Jonathan Taggart
Jonathan Taggart
Writer
Phillip Vannini
Phillip Vannini
Writer

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