Catching the Sun is a 2015 documentary film on the growth of the solar power industry that premiered on Netflix in April, 2016.

[1] Directed by Shalini Kantayya, the film features portraits of diverse personalities and their roles in the transition to solar power.

Unemployed workers in Richmond, California, businessmen in China, Tea Party activists, and a would-be White House adviser are all featured in the film.

[3] Van Jones features prominently in the documentary, which depicts his early work in Green for All, his family's relocation from Oakland to Washington, DC to take advantage of a White House job offer, and Jones's subsequent resignation in the face of sustained attacks from conservative media.

[3] Conservative Debbie Dooley from Atlanta, Georgia rejects an ideological divide between the left and right on clean energy.