The World of Robert Abel

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Godfrey Reggio

Cast

Ed Asner, Lou Dobbs, Ted Koppel

Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza

Cast

Dan Bustard, Ashley Esqueda, Nissa M Ludwig

On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantly on public networks. The impetus for this invention was the birth of Kahn's daughter, when he jerry-rigged a mobile phone with a digital camera and sent photos in real time. In 2016 Time Magazine included Kahn's first camera phone photo...

Runtime

4m

Cast

Wendy Wang

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Jeff Orlowski

Cast

Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson

How does a machine learn to read the world? Testimonies and screen recordings introduce the experience of online micro-workers from the Global South: their job is to teach the AI of self-driving cars to navigate the streets of the Global North.

Runtime

23m