B.C.鈥檚 Maple Ridge-born celebrity Jonathan Scott, who is known for his popular show, Property Brothers, has won the Independent Lens award for his documentary.

Jonathan Scott鈥檚 Power Trip, a documentary exploring why clean, renewable energy isn鈥檛 available to everyone, what the obstacles are, and what the benefits are of this alternate source of energy, has won PBS鈥� Independent Lens audience award.

鈥淭ens of thousands of votes later, the results are in and the viewers have spoken. In a very tight race, PBS viewers chose Jonathan Scott鈥檚 Power Trip as the winner of the 2020-21 Independent Lens Audience Award,鈥� read the PBS website .

The documentary was part of PBS鈥� Independent Lens platform that houses independent documentary films.

In a tweet, Scott expressed his excitement over the win and said, 鈥淓xcited to share my documentary won the PBS Independent Lens Audience Award this year鈥�and it鈥檚 all because of YOU. This is such an honor, especially considering how many amazing films we were up against. Thank you to everyone who voted. It means to the world to me.鈥�

Excited to share my documentary won the PBS Independent Lens Audience Award this year鈥�and it鈥檚 all because of YOU. This is such an honor, especially considering how many amazing films we were up against. Thank you to everyone who voted. It means to the world to me 馃グ

鈥� Jonathan Silver Scott (@JonathanScott)

Power Trip, which is a roughly one and a half hour documentary, was released in November 2020, and had Scott visiting with politicians, coal miners, solar panel installers, the Navajo Nation - who are building their own solar plant, and several other players in the renewable energy sector.

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