Us Now Film Premiere (US, UK & Online Simulcast)
If you’re interested in Government 2.0, Open Government and social media initiatives around the world, I strongly encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to be a part of the Us Now film premiere and global simul/webcast Tuesday, May 12th.
Zach Tumin
I first learned about the Us Now film at the recent Government 2.0 Camp in Washington DC, where it was screened for the first time in the U.S. on March 24th. (Thanks to O’Reilly for its sponsorship.)
Film Director Ivo Gorman as well as Justin Kerr-Stevens and Dominic Campbell of the U.K.-based FutureGov consultancy were on hand at the Washington premiere, as was Dr. Zach Tumin, who will be leading the discussion panel at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government simulcast site, as well.
From the event organizers:
You are invited to join the Government 2.0 PIC, FutureGov and the Leadership for a Networked World Program for the worldwide simulcast launch of “Us Now” – a film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet.
Us Now is a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet. It tells the stories of online networks that are challenging the existing notion of hierarchy. For the first time, it brings together the foremost thinking sin the field of participatory governance to describe the future of government.
To mark the release of the film free to views via the web, the British Council and FutureGov are hosting a live streamed worldwide launch event at 11:00 AM EDT and 4:00 PM GMT/UK time. Live coverage of both launch events will be accessible at: watch.usnowfilm.com and live.usnowfilm.com
The Kennedy School of Government, host of one of the launch events, will also feature a panel including:
- Ari Herzog – Principal, Online media strategist and author
- Omar Wasow – co-founder of BlackPlanet.com
- David Stephenson – E-government, Web 2.0, and crisis management strategist and theorist
- Alexander W. Hunziker (auf Deutsch) – Leadership for a Networked World fellow
Moderated by HKS Faculty member, Zach Tumin
More information about the UK event, and the online streaming is available at: usnowfilm.com
UPDATED: View the full length film below!
About the Film:
In a world in which information is like air, what happens to power?
Us Now is a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet.
Us Now tells the stories of online networks that are challenging the existing notion of hierarchy. For the first time, it brings together the foremost thinkers in the field of participative governance to describe the future of government.
All of the material generated during the project will be available to view online and the project will culminate in an hour long documentary to be released publicly in 2009.
- Oliver Marks’ (ZDNet) interview with Us Now film director Ivo Gormley
- Official blog of the Us Now film
- Us Now film’s Flickr photo stream
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