• How money is created – (this happens every time as loan is made)

• How debts are bought and sold for a fraction of their face value – and how we hacked into the system – and bought up £1.2m for less than £20k

• How austerity policies are justified as necessary – but actually the truth behind how the Bank of England creates billions of pounds worth of money out of thin air.. and gives it to the High Street Banks.. 

• So while the people bail out the banks - we end up getting our services cut and have to borrow to make ends meet..

• We learned that most of the morals around money and debt were woefully out of date

• We were also able to renegotiate with creditors when they rang us up – we could ask how much they paid for our debts – and we recognised that some of our old student debts had been sold at discount – this is an instrument of power..

• We were also able to take control of what is truly important – the relationships between ourselves and our communities.

• Finally – and most importantly – you'll learn who the truly powerful are – the people, that’s us – but only when we come together.

How does it work? 

If you sign up above you will get either a totally free digital stream of the film, or you'll also get one of our artist banknotes sent out (depending on the package you've chosen) With the digital streams, you will have 48 hours to complete the film from the moment you start it off in the online portal. 

Why did we make Bank Job and why are we giving it away?

We are passionately committed to getting this film seen and this argument out there. That is why we have spent five years making it and writing the book. Things need to change and we see ourselves as part of this important movement. That's also why we're making POWER

I’ll just watch it on TV

That’s highly unlikely. We haven't sold it to any broadcaster and we alone hold all the online rights. 

They may just be ripping us off?

In the history of internet scams, has anyone ever pretended to make a documentary, by shooting a really cool documentary trailer.. been covered in The Guardian (twice - click links below), New York Times and Financial Times – all with the dastardly design of making off with nothing??? Unlikely.. but not to say impossible.. 

The other way of doing this is looking at our Optimistic Foundation CIC – log into UK Companies House and you will see that we are registered properly, submit our accounts and pay taxes. We’re legit.

What if the tec is hard to navigate

It's honestly not - once you've filled out the form, you'll get an automatic email giving you a log in to an online portal. You can stream the film there immediately.

Are you open to small community screenings?

Yes we certainly are – and we will also do Q&A’s through zoom – please email Wayne@dartmouthfilms.com for details on the prices associated with this.

This is a journey of just one family and community blowing up £1.2m of high interest debt– but it shows that if we can do it, so can you.

And if we all take steps towards making our world a bit fairer, we can totally transform the situation.

Amid a time of bleakness and ongoing difficulties, why not bring a little hope into your living room?

In 2017 Positive Money did a survey and found that 85% of UK politicians didn’t understand how money is created – and therefore didn’t understand the true architecture of power not just in the UK but across the world.

In this film, you’ll understand this and have your eyes opened to what’s really driving our economy and political landscape.

You will see how debts are bought and sold for a fraction of their face value and this will empower you to be able to speak with and negotiate with creditors in a totally new way.

How does it work? 

Essentially the POWER project uses the same mechanism as Bank Job. We give ourselves the power of a central bank (ie the bank that is owned by the people of the UK). Instead of printing money to buy up dodgy commercial assets or to prop up private banks (which is what has been happening), we use our money to help solve the big crises of our times. Helping people with fuel bills, and to live with dignity.

We use the proceeds to build our POWER STATION across the roofs of all the houses on Lynmouth Road. Not because we have a special desire to get our own house in order, but because it's a starting point.  We argue that this mico-cosmic event is what needs to be happening right the way across Britain and Europe - not to mention everywhere. If we, as citizens take action and demand that the government listen then it will be faced with no choice. The government should belong to its citizens. Part of changing the systems in which we live is about educating ourselves. After all, until we are able to locate the problems in the system, and suggest very clear alternatives, no change whatsoever is possible. 

Our job is to dream of a story that's not just desirable, but which is also doable. This is what we have done with the POWER STATION. If you decide to take us up on our offer of a free stream, or indeed any of the offers above, you will see a presentation made by lead artist Hilary Powell about POWER in full. 

Many thanks for your time reading - and wishing you all the very best

Dan Edelstyn

Head of communications, THE POWER STATION - May 2022