Us Now: The Power of Mass Collaboration

Written by Paul van Veenendaal on June 29th, 2009 | 1 comment

Us Now is a documentary project about the power of mass collaboration, the internet and its potential impact on society. Directed by Ivo Gormley, the film explores how the web is changing the ways we can organize ourselves and illustrates how online networks are changing the way we live together.

Us Now: a film directed by social anthropologist/filmmaker Ivo Gormley

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.

On Dotsub the 1 hour documentary by Banyak Films is subtitled in Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Georgian, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese.


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