IFFBoston ’11 Review: Windfall

Posted on May 3, 2011May 2, 2011

When we think of green energy, the first image that comes to mind are these large, beautiful, majestic windmills, spun by wind, generating clean, renewable power. Recently there has been quite a bit of debate in my home state of Massachusetts regarding a wind farm project on Nantucket Sound. Until seeing this film, I didn’t …

IFFBoston ’11 Spotlight: Windfall

By Vatche Posted in Front Page IFFBoston Movies Previews

Posted on April 21, 2011April 20, 2011

‘Windfall’ from director Laura Israel tells the story of Meredith, a community in upstate New York, and a proposal by a developer looking to supplement the town’s failing economy with 40 industrial wind turbines. At first attracted to the idea, the townspeople grow increasingly alarmed as they discover the impacts of what the proposed windmills …