Free Screening: How to Power a City (2024)

The San Francisco Public Library screens How to Power a City (2024) as part of its Everybody's Climate 2026 program series.

How to Power a City explores the front lines of the clean energy revolution. From solar adopters to hurricane survival and communities fighting to keep the lights on, this documentary showcases a diverse group of people leading the way to our nation’s clean energy future. It is the first clean energy documentary that puts communities at the center and showcases local solutions in the US and Puerto Rico, while also highlighting women and people of color leading renewable energy projects.

Director: Melanie La Rosa
NR, 56 mins., 2024. Closed captions (CC) in English.

More info about the film: https://sfpl.org/events/2026/07/16/film-how-power-city
More info about Everybody's Climate 2026: sfpl.org/everybodysclimate

11:45 Meet in SFPL's Latino Room (lower level) at 100 Larkin St.
12:00 The film starts at 12 p.m.
1:00 After the film we will stay for a brief post-screening conversation.