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They Were There
2011 · Film · documentary · 30 min
Directed by Errol Morris
What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and society over the last 100 years gives us all a common framework. An experience recounted by first-hand witnesses—current and retired employees and clients—who were there when IBM helped to change the way world works.
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IBM commissioned two films by Errol Morris for their actual centennial.*
100x100: https://youtube.com/watch?v=atjPROSOSDs
They Were There: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MmVCePfMXAU
I think They Were There is incredible in that it features the actual rank-and-file employees who did the work… insofar as Mandelbrot may be considered a rank-and-file employee.
*not sure if 100x100 was by Errol Morris, or if that was just my assumption.