Projects - Shows and films

Data Morgana

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱

Data Morgana ontrafelt hoe Big Tech en data onze wereld vormgeven.

ANTIPARTY AI Webinar Series

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

In our democracy, how can AI enhance our engagement in society, keep the government in check and improve the function of democratic processes?

Birders: The Central Park Effect

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.

Changing Lanes documentary

Brooklyn

Planning and politics collide in the struggle to redesign Brooklyn’s notoriously dangerous McGuinness Blvd.

When a global developer purchases Industry City - a massive industrial complex on the waterfront - and begins to transform it into an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of the neighborhood and of New York City itself.

Through The Night

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

THROUGH THE NIGHT is a cinema verité portrait of three working NY mothers whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center: a mother working the overnight shift as an essential worker at a hospital; another holding down three jobs to support her family; and a woman who for over two decades has cared for the children of parents with nowhere else to turn.

Data Docs: Open Data on Screen

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

Data Docs: Open Data on Screen is a day-long documentary screening program full of films exploring issues New Yorkers care about — street safety, housing, child care, and urban nature — are each paired with NYC Open Data datasets and followed by panel discussions with data experts, City staff, community practitioners, and, where possible, the filmmakers themselves.

The Functional Government Podcast

Canada 🇨🇦

Government doesn't have to suck.

Civic Punks

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

YouTube channel by Derek Alton

Bellingcat Tech Series

A how-to-series on the command line and Bellingcat research tools. Created with the beginner researcher in mind.

Tech for Good podcast

Podcast / Youtube series by Bethnal Green Ventures

What is Civic Tech? YouTube video

Johannesburg

We begin the series with a video that explains what civic tech is and it’s potential impact in African regions.

In Case You Missed It

100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630

Join us weekly for government technology news, trends and interviews. Tune in live each Friday at 12:00 PM PT.

A Starting Point

A Starting Point is a video-based civic engagement platform created by Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, and technology entrepreneur Joe Kiani

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CrashCourse Media Literacy

In 12 episodes, Jay Smooth teaches you Media Literacy! Based on an introductory college level curriculum, this series takes you through the history and psychology of media and gives you the skills to become more media savvy.

Take on Fake

Take on Fake debunks claims you’ve seen or shared online to show you how to stay informed. Host Hari Sreenivasan follows the Internet rabbit hole of misinformation, reading beyond a single headline to find credible sources to uncover the truth.

City Hall (2020 film)

The 2020 documentary explores the government of Boston, Massachusetts, from racial justice, housing, climate change action and more

Coded Bias

Coded Bias follows M.I.T. Media Lab computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, along with data scientists, mathematicians, and watchdog groups from all over the world, as they fight to expose the discrimination within algorithms now prevalent across all spheres of daily life.