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Secrets of silicon valley / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced and directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman ; Snitow-Kaufman Productions.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer industry--Social aspects--United States.
- Computer industry.
- High technology industries--Social aspects--United States.
- High technology industries.
- Digital divide--United States.
- Digital divide.
- High technology industries--Employees--Supply and demand.
- High technology industries--Employees.
- High technology industries--Social aspects.
- Computer industry--Social aspects.
- United States.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Emigration and immigration.
- High technology industries--Employees--Supply and demand--United States.
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions.
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2018]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- The film chronicles a tumultuous year in the lives of two young activists grappling with rapid social change and the meaning of globalization on their own doorsteps. Magda Escobar runs Plugged In, a computer training center in a low income community just a few miles from the epicenter of high-tech wealth. Raj Jayadev is a temporary worker who confronts the hype of Silicon Valley by revealing the reality of an unseen and unacknowledged army of immigrant workers. Throughout the film, high tech CEO's and moguls comment on Magda and Raj's stories with revealing insights on time, technology, greed, and globalization. Part "Modern Times," part "Bladerunner," this film takes a critical look at the social impact of the new millenium's high technology. Includes public performance rights.
- Credits:
- Editor, Jennifer Chinlund ; principal cinematography, Vicente Franco, Marsha Kahm ; original music, Jon Herbst.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Snitow-Kaufman Productions, ©2001 and broadcast as an episode of the PBS program Independent Lens.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 6, 2018).
- Presented on an episode of the PBS program Independent Lens.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-ssv Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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