Us Now

2009, English. Directed by Ivo Gormley.

Tells the stories of how self-organizing online networks threaten to change the fabric of government forever.

Us Now is a documentary film project "about the power of mass collaboration, the government and the Internet" The New York Times describes it as a film which "paints a future in which every citizen is connected to the state as easily as to Facebook, choosing policies, questioning politicians, collaborating with neighbours." The documentary weaves together the perceptions of leading thinkers on the power of the web, with the overriding suggestion that people gain a sense of satisfaction from active participation rather than symbolic representation in decision-making processes. (Rebecca Frankel, editor of Channel 4's FourDocs)

Runtime

1h 0m

Post-credits

None listed

Language

English

Rated

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