About the Film

Cape Wind: The Fight for the Future of Power in America is a feature length documentary written, produced, and directed by Robbie Gemmel and Daniel Coffin of Rebirth Productions in association with Sundance Channel. The film illuminates the divisive controversy of the Cape Wind Project, a proposal to build 130 massive wind towers five miles off the coast of Cape Cod in Nantucket Sound. The film translates the furor which exploded on Cape Cod into a definitive battle which will be replicated hundreds of times over as industrial-scale renewable energy projects are proposed for America’s deserts, ridgelines and waterways.

Cape Wind tackles the root causes of society’s inability to produce a large-scale solution to the global energy crisis it created, framing the events of the Cape Wind project as a microcosm of America’s struggle toward sustainability and energy independence. It is a detailed exploration of the trials and tribulations of implementing a massive energy project and how a community of active citizens struggles to protect itself in these uncertain times.

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The Filmmakers

Rebirth Productions - Rebirth Productions was founded in 2007 by a team of award-winning filmmakers to produce innovative multimedia projects empowering people to take action on the most pressing issues of our time. Founded on the principal of thinking globally and acting locally, Rebirth aims to deliver breakthrough projects that nurture and restore the symbiotic relationship between humanity and the natural world.

Robbie Gemmel, Producer/Director – Mr. Gemmel is an award-winning filmmaker focused on environmentally oriented documentaries and outreach campaigns. After graduating from Emerson College with a BA in Visual Media Arts in 2003, he took an internship on the PBS series NOVA.  Mr. Gemmel then became an in-house Production Assistant and over the course of two years, worked on four full-length NOVA documentaries and twenty-seven segments of NOVA ScienceNow. The programs on which he worked received numerous awards, including an Emmy Award, AAAS Science Journalism, CINE Golden Eagle, CINE Special Jury, and a Population Institute Global Media Award for Best Documentary. He then became Associate Producer at Steven Latham Productions (SLP) in Santa Monica, CA where he helped produce Saved by the Sun, a documentary for PBS/NOVA about solar energy, and The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED, a documentary for Netflix about the annual TED Conference in Monteray, CA.  Mr. Gemmel moved to Cambridge, MA last year to produce and direct a feature length documentary for the Sundance Channel about the Cape Wind project. This film and accompanying outreach campaign is currently his main focus and also the catalyst for establishing Rebirth Productions with partner, Daniel Coffin

Daniel Coffin, Producer/Writer/Co-Editor – Daniel Coffin is a pioneering technology consultant and energy aficionado, in addition to his various functions as a Producer of Cape Wind. Mr. Coffin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and as the lead writer, Mr. Coffin has been instrumental in weaving the Project’s regional significance into the dual national crises of energy independence and climate change. Mr. Coffin comes to Rebirth from Development Guild/DDI, one of the nation’s leading consulting service firms for non-profit organizations. There he worked with the executive team to develop and implement internal operations protocols and administered all of the firms technology systems.

Josh Levin, Executive Producer – Mr. Levin is a film producer, marketing and distribution executive, who has been successful in bringing more than thirty feature films to the U.S. marketplace, including award-winning productions from Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and Tribeca. Through Mr. Levin’s company, Gallant Films, Mr. Levin is serving as Executive Producer for the Project. Mr. Levin has served as Chief Marketing Officer for Film Movement, dedicated to bringing independent documentary films to the industry and the public through theatrical premieres, community discussion forums, and library screenings. Working for placement and product accessibility and addressing the needs of small, start-up films with limited budgets is Mr. Levin’s special area of expertise. Mr. Levin received his MBA from the Columbia Business School and a BA from the University of Michigan.

Libby Handros, Executive Producer – Libby Handros began her career working on the critically acclaimed series Inside Story, hosted by former State Department spokesman Hodding Carter. At the time, the series was the first regularly scheduled examination of press performance to appear on American television. In its five years as a weekly staple of the PBS public affairs lineup the series garnered every major award including the coveted Edward R. Murrow award for overseas reporting and 6 Emmys. Since then she inherited the company, The Press & the Public Project, and has been responsible for documentaries on a wide range of subjects for PBS, ESPN, Showtime and Fox. Recent credits include, Legacy of a Kidnapping: Lindbergh and the Triumph of the Tabloids, The Good Fat Diet, The Future Belongs to the Educated, Trump: What’s the Deal? and Baseball From the Inside Out. Her most recent film, The American Ruling Class is currently available on DVD.

John Kirby, Executive Editor – John Kirby began his career as a film researcher and assistant editor on Blowback Productions’ Columbia-DuPont Silver Baton-winning CIA: America’s Secret Warriors for Discovery Channel. He has since edited, produced and directed for a number of broadcast outlets and independents, including editing and field producing the cult HBO classic Gladiator Days: Anatomy of A Prison Murder. The American Ruling Class, a dramatic-documentary musical marked Kirby’s directorial debut. Featuring Lewis Lapham, the legendary editor of Harper’s Magazine and founder of Lapham’s Quarterly, the acclaimed documentary is currently being distributed by indie veteran Richard Lorber’s The Alive Mind Label.

Marcel Quiroga, Executive Producer – Ms. Quiroga is a private wealth specialist and advisor to several international sustainable development organizations. Ms. Quiroga currently serves on the National Board of Directors for the Association of Latin American Professionals in Finance and Accounting (Women Executives), chairs the Women of the Harvard Club, and serves as a collaborator and mentor on the Red Sox Advisory Board for Multicultural Marketing. In 2008, Ms. Quiroga accepted the chair position for financial services tracking of the MIT Enterprise Forum’s Innovation Summit. Her previous experience includes working for Morgan Stanley’s Individual Investment Group and Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group. Ms. Quiroga holds a BS in Business Administration and is fluent in Spanish and English.

Mark Landsman, Consulting Producer – Mr. Landsman has been the NBC Nightly Business Report’s Assignment Manager for the past ten years. He is a veteran broadcast news journalist and has a background in local, national, and international news. His past experience includes 25 years at NBC News as a National TV News Correspondent; Director Midwest News (Chicago); Director, NBC Worldwide News Gathering at New York headquarters; Director, NBC News Europe, the Middle East and Africa (London), and Special News Producer (New York).

Steven Latham, Co-Producer – Mr. Latham is an award-winning filmmaker and the President of Steven Latham Productions. He has produced and directed several feature documentary films, including, The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED and Saved by the Sun, produced for NOVA/PBS. Mr. Latham also produced and directed the PBS series, The Living Century. Prior to the formation of his production company, Mr. Latham ran the affiliate relations department of Universal Worldwide Television, served as director of affiliate relations at Polygram Television, and served as a senior manager at Paramount Pictures, Ketchum Communications, and Grey Advertising.

Catherine Day, Co-Producer – Ms. Day, currently the Manager of Business Development & Distribution at LinkTV, is a broadcast producer and development specialist. Her talents are devoted to building strategic partnerships and expanding business development opportunities for emerging media and include campaign outreach, marketing and publicity acquisitions, and production focused on environmental/sustainability projects. Ms. Day holds a BA in Media Arts with a concentration in Film/Directing and a minor concentration in Political Communications and Law from Emerson College, and a Certificate in Film Theory and Criticism/Production from American University.

Caitlin Rotman, Production Assistant/Blogger – Caitlin Rotman is fresh out of Harvard University, having graduated with the class of 2010 Magna cum Laude in the field of Earth Science and Media. Her academics focused on how to engage the public on Earth science and environmental issues through modern multi-media: photo, video, journalism, and the web. During her summers, she attended film school at the prestigious La Femis in Paris, France; she helped develop a geology show as an intern for the PBS series NOVA; and she worked as a production assistant for the Harvard Smithsonian Science Media Group, helping to develop The Habitable Planet, an award winning environmental teacher-education series. Caitlin has been working as a Production Assistant with Rebirth Productions since May of 2010, and aids with producing and executing shoots, blogging, research, and anything else the production team needs!