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  • Silicon Valley Revolution (2017)
  • TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary
Silicon Valley Revolution (2017)
TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreThis 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: "It's true that what I helped to create is today's establishment. That's what I was trying to get rid of: the establishment." Written by Jan Tenhaven See less
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Sven Kiesche (camera) | Fabian Welther (camera)
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Feb 4, 2017 (United States)

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16 cast members
Name Known for
Heidi Roizen
Self - Venture Capitalist Self - Venture Capitalist   See fewer
Larry Tesler
Self - Computer Scientist Self - Computer Scientist   See fewer
Jamis MacNiven
Self - Restaurateur Self - Restaurateur   See fewer
Bruce Damer
Self - Computer Historian Self - Computer Historian   See fewer
Jennifer Warnes
Self - Singer Self - Singer   See fewer
Mary Eisenhart
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
Les Kaye
Self - Zen Priest Self - Zen Priest   See fewer
Jim Warren
Self - Computer Specialist Self - Computer Specialist   See fewer
Lee Felsenstein
Self - Computer Engineer Self - Computer Engineer   See fewer
John Markoff
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
Daniel Kottke
Self - 1st Apple Employee Self - 1st Apple Employee   See fewer
Galen Brandt
Self - Video Artist Self - Video Artist   See fewer
Andy Hertzfeld
Self - Software Developer Self - Software Developer   See fewer
Tim Paterson
Self - MS-DOS Creator Self - MS-DOS Creator   See fewer
Dan Bricklin
Self - Co-creator of VisiCalc Self - Co-creator of VisiCalc   See fewer
Bob Frankston
Self - Co-creator of VisiCalc Self - Co-creator of VisiCalc   See fewer
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