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Harnessing the Sun (1981)
100 min | Documentary, Drama

Harnessing the Sun (1981)

100 min | Documentary, Drama

A Docudrama, "Harnessing The Sun" explores the applications and developments in utilizing Solar Energy to benefit mankind, and the planet Earth. Academy Award Nominee ("Only When I Laugh") Joan Hackett, and an expert cast, reveal the ...See moreA Docudrama, "Harnessing The Sun" explores the applications and developments in utilizing Solar Energy to benefit mankind, and the planet Earth. Academy Award Nominee ("Only When I Laugh") Joan Hackett, and an expert cast, reveal the unique and increasingly important uses of Solar Energy. An outgrowth of Writer/Director Dirk Summers' Award winning "Survival of Spaceship Earth," "Harnessing The Sun" explores the nine categories of Solar Energy: Active; Passive; Wind Power; Biomas; Photovoltaics; OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion); Hydropower; Satellite Power Systems; and Thermal. And as Joan Hackett says in her closing scene of "Harnessing The Sun," "We must embrace the sun. To ignore it is to commit planetary suicide." Written by Jacqueline Green See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Hackett Self Self See fewer	The Last of Sheila (1973)
Dirk Wayne Summers Director Director See fewer	The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1986)
Carl Hodges Actor Actor See fewer	Arnold's Wrecking Co. (1973)
Steven J. Strong Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Denis Hayes Self Self See fewer	I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Lynn Northrup Jr. Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Alvin E. Hildebrandt Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Floyd Blake Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
John F. Long Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Barbara Euser Actress Actress See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
David L. Collins Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Richard L. Burns Actor Actor See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
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Jon Masters Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer	Our Voices Ourselves (1982)