As we flipped on the kitchen light this morning or plugged in our laptops, how many of us thought about coal nestled in the mountains of West Virginia? Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell poses a similar question early on in Dirty Business and then expertly lays out exactly where our energy comes from, illuminating our country’s dependence on coal in a way that is more humbling than scolding. Images of mountaintop removal make you realize the cost of electricity bears little relation to the bill in your mailbox. The film demystifies the coal lobby’s promotion of “clean coal” and introduces us to innovators who are experimenting with renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. Perhaps more than any other film you see at Full Frame, this one could change the way you live your daily life.
In his film company dokumentar.no Lie has since 2008 been working as a film director, cinematographer and producer for documentaries. He works with the new Canon EOS 5D/7D with HD film, and edits in Apple's Final cut.
With Haiti mon Amour (Kjære Haiti, hva nå?) Lie went to Port-au-Prince after the earthqake with Ole Paus and others. We followed the money collected by the norwegian consert Dugnad for Haiti and NRK, and then given to Red Cross, Church Aid and UNICEF. It is edited as a low budget film essay, an montage of images. (se video below)
He has since 2007 worked on a documentary portrait – The Seduced Human – Jørgten Leth and Haiti on the danish renowned filmmaker Jørgen Leth (2011). This one-hour documentary is financed so far by the Norwegian Film Institute with 720 000 kroner – and will be released in 2011. (se video below)
Lie is also editor-in-chief for DOX, the leading European quarterly magazine for documentary films, published by the European Documentary Network. See PDFs of the last magaines below.
Lie has been the editor-in-chief and publisher for Morgenbladet between 1993-2003, and has been editor-in-chief/publisher of the Nordic edition of the monthly newspaper Le Monde diplomatique between 2003-08, where he now is still the publisher and regulary film critic.
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