Friday, May 22, 2009

7. Us Now

"An important and provocative film that people who believe in democracy need to watch"
- Don Tapscott (Wikinomics)

Us Now follows the fate of Ebbsfleet United, a football club owned and run by its fans; Zopa, a bank in which everyone is the manager; and Couch Surfing, a vast online network whose members share their homes with strangers.
'Us Now' is brilliant! And even better, true. "
Richard Sennett (LSE)
"I'm a convert. I'm on the team. Now what do we do next? "
Tom Watson -(Cabinet Minister)
"Seriously impressive. Both the subject matter, and the handling of it.
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Lord David Puttnam The founding principles of these projects -- transparency, self selection, open participation -- are coming closer and closer to the mainstream of our social and political lives. Us Now describes this transition and confronts politicians George Osborne and Ed Milliband with the possibilities for participative government as described by Don Tapscott and Clay Shirky amongst others.
Directed by Ivo Gormley, Produced by Hugh Hartford, Edited by Mark Atkins (Kurt & Courtney, Biggie & Tupac, Complete History of My Sexual Failure)

Watch it HERE

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