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Documentary: Risk Takers – Elon Musk
Read more: Documentary: Risk Takers – Elon MuskElon Musk helped create PayPal, built America’s first viable fully electric car company, started the United States’ biggest solar energy supplier and may make commercial space travel a reality in our lifetime. And he’s still in his 30s. Musk combines technical and business talent with what he and his colleagues say is his passion to…
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Documentary: design the new business
Read more: Documentary: design the new businessDesign and business can no longer be thought of as distinct activities with individual goals. Design the New Business is a film dedicated to investigating how designers and businesspeople are working together in new ways to solve the wicked problems facing business today. The short documentary examines how they are joining forces by bringing together…
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Documentary: Human resources (social engineering in the 20th century)
Read more: Documentary: Human resources (social engineering in the 20th century)It’s a documentary about Social Control, examining the history, the philosophy and ultimately the pathology of elite power. Overall, Human Resources is rough around the edges but still overloaded with gems. Set aside some time to digest this – and take notes. Scott Noble does an admirable job of fitting ten hours of material into…
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Documentary: Quants (the alchemists of wall street)
Read more: Documentary: Quants (the alchemists of wall street)Quants are the math wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial products that almost crashed Wall street. The credit crunch has shown how the global financial system has become increasingly dependent on mathematical models trying to quantify human (economic) behaviour. Now the quants are at…
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Documentary: Collapse
Read more: Documentary: CollapseCollapse, directed by Chris Smith, is an American documentary film exploring the theories, writings and life story of controversial author Michael Ruppert (1951-2014). Collapse premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2009 to positive reviews. Ruppert, a former Los Angeles police officer who describes himself as an investigative reporter and radical thinker, has…
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Documentary: Becoming Warren Buffett
Read more: Documentary: Becoming Warren BuffettBecoming Warren Buffett is a 2017 documentary film about Warren Buffett and his life. The film was made for HBO. The documentary covers the life and career of Warren Buffett, who is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential investors of the 20th Century. Buffett is interviewed extensively on his upbringing, his…
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Documentary: The one percent
Read more: Documentary: The one percentIn this hard-hitting but humorous documentary, director Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S. Johnson’s thesis is that this wealth in the hands of so few people…
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Documentary: College, inc.
Read more: Documentary: College, inc.The business of higher education is booming. It’s a $400 billion industry fueled by taxpayer money. But what are students getting out of the deal? Critics say a worthless degree and a mountain of debt. Investors insist they’re innovators, widening access to education. FRONTLINE follows the money to uncover how Wall Street and a breed…
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Documentary – Outfoxed (Rupert Murdoch’s war on journalism)
Read more: Documentary – Outfoxed (Rupert Murdoch’s war on journalism)Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism is a 2004 documentary film by filmmaker Robert Greenwald about Fox News Channel’s and its owner’s, Rupert Murdoch, promotion of conservative views. The film says this bias belies the channel’s motto of being “Fair and Balanced”. The documentary had a limited theatrical release, was distributed in DVD format by…
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Documentary: money & life
Read more: Documentary: money & lifeMONEY and LIFE is a passionate and inspirational essay-style documentary that makes a provocative proposition: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity? An optimistic film steeped in appreciation for human ingenuity, MONEY and LIFE is a respectful invitation to consider questions critical to all our well-being: How…
