Us Now: documentary about web collaboration with Shirky, Tapscott

Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo.

Matan sez, "We made a film about mass collaboration through the Web and how it is reshaping the future of government. "Us Now" features Clay Shirky, Don Tapscott and lots of other clever people. And we made it look pretty too! Better still, it's up for FREE online streaming!"

Us Now (Thanks, Matan!)

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Thank you so much for posting this! I only found out about this film after it had screened here in Toronto, and my search for another screening or copy proved fruitless. Currently forwarding…