Roger Sorkin is a film producer, writer, editor, director, and founder of American Resilience Project (ARP), which creates mission-driven films designed to influence policy and culture for resolving environmental and energy challenges. ARP’s films The Burden, Tidewater, and Current Revolution (Ep. 1) have won numerous festival awards, and have been credited with helping achieve a number of policy successes. Other planned films in the Current Revolution series include Nation in Transtion, which examines the closure of coal-fired electricity generation on the Navajo Nation and across the Southwest, and how this transition can help guide other communities undertaking energy transitions; Islands of Resilience, about Hawai’i’s path to 100% renewable energy and self-sufficiency; and, The Last Mechanic, about transforming the electrical vehicle industry from the showroom floor. Roger serves on the Climate and Security Working Group at the Center for Climate and Security, and as a fellow with the Truman National Security Project.
Filmography, festivals and awards:
Current Revolution (2018) - Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Sound Recordist, Musician
• Winner, Green Spark Award, American Conservation Film Festival
• Winner, Best Environmental Film, Chesapeake Film Festival
• Wild & Scenic Film Festival
• Twin Cities Film Fest
• Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival
• San Francisco Green Film Festival
• Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
• AREDAY Impact Film Festival
Tidewater (2017) - Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Sound Recordist, Musician
• Winner, Green Fire Award, San Francisco Green Film Festival
• Winner, Award of Merit, Impact Docs Awards
• EarthX Film Festival
• Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
• AREDAY Impact Film Festival
• American Conservation Film Festival
• Chesapeake Film Festival
• Global Peace Film Festival
• Mystic Film Festival
• RVA Environmental Film Festival
• Broadcast, PBS/WHRO-TV
• Maryland Public Television
The Burden (2015) - Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Sound Recordist, Musician
• Winner, Energy Visions Prize, American Clean Skies Foundation
• Winner, Best Feature Documentary, Long Beach International Film Festival
• Best of Festival, Wild & Scenic Film Festival
• Emerging Filmmakers Award, Princeton
• Sonoma International Film Festival
• Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
• Heartland Film Festival
• San Antonio Film Festival
• Macon Film Festival
• AREDAY Impact Film Festival
• American Conservation Film Festival
