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Backlight: Cybertopia - Dreams of Silicon Valley

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Silicon Valley is one of the world's most powerful regions. And it is here that a digital revolution is being coded that is shaping our lives at every possible level. More...

Documentary - Science & Technology, Human Interest & Society

50'


 This revolution is designed by a new order of programmers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley. It’s these people who have the knowledge, the networks and the money. Always looking for new industries to disrupt and to innovate. Backlight steps into the world of these cyber-utopians and investigates their views, their ethos and their political agendas. What does their dream society look like, and who will be able to be part of it? We present a portrait of their cybertopia.

Documentary
Marije Meerman
2015
VPRO
50'
VPRO
 
 
 
 
 

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