The Silicon Valley Revolution: How a Few Nerds Changed the World (2017)
1h 30m
Running Time
February 4, 2017Release Date
The Silicon Valley Revolution: How a Few Nerds Changed the World (2017)
1h 30m
Running Time
February 4, 2017Release Date
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Plot.
This documentary tells the forgotten stories of some of the most influential personal computer pioneers in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the late 1960s, big mainframe computers owned by large corporations and the government were seen as tools of control. The Hippie movement and the anti-Vietnam war protests served as a hotbed for a revolutionary idea: creating an affordable home computer to be used by ordinary people as a counterbalance to Big Brother. Well, the rest is history, but what has happened to the early ideals and the initial ethos of free sharing? As one of the visionaries puts it: Its true that what I helped to create is todays establishment. Thats what I was trying to get rid of:the establishment.
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Cast & Crew.
Daniel Kottke
himself
Lee Felsenstein
himself
Larry Tesler
Self - Computer Scientist
Larry Tesler
Self - Computer Scientist
Andy Hertzfeld
himself
Jamis MacNiven
Self - Restaurateur
Bruce Damer
Self - Computer Historian
Bob Frankston
himself
Details.
Release DateFebruary 4, 2017
Original NameDie Silicon Valley-Revolution
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
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