Showcasing new and unexpected forms of digital documentary storytelling
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Exhibition: Expanding Documentary 2011 25 Nov 2011 at 10:00
Interactive installations, immersive performances and other unexpected representations of reality, presented by IDFA DocLab, Paradocs and Brakke Grond.
Live Cinema Event: Stories We Love to Forget 23 Nov 2011 at 22:00
An evening packed with embarrassing, true stories told live on stage. With Micha Wertheim, Paulien Cornelisse, Kevin Allison (The Risk Show) and someone reading an excerpt from their adolescent diary.
Live Cinema Event: Reality vs Technology 22 Nov 2011 at 20:00
Live presentations of three of the most innovative projects at IDFA 2011: the webdoc and installation Barcode.tv, the interactive installation What Is It Like to Be a Bird? and the immersive iPad app Condition One. The authors will showcase their
I.O.U.S.A
According to one American newspaper, the documentary I.O.U.S.A. is An Inconvenient Truth about the national debt.
According to one American newspaper, the documentary I.O.U.S.A. is An Inconvenient Truth about the national debt.
The question is only if reality hasn’t already caught up with this film, now that the credit crisis has been dominating the news for months. The filmmakers argue that ever since its foundation in 1776, the United States has been stuck with a constantly increasing national debt.
A little debt isn’t always a call for alarm, but during the Reagan administration, thinks really got out of control. For the first time in history, the national debt reached disastrous heights in peacetime. When Bush Sr. proclaimed “No new taxes!” in 1988, the situation didn’t get any better. As attempts are being made to deal with the credit crisis, the United States is still saddled with a debt in excess of 10 trillion dollars.
The filmmakers follow a number of people, including the country’s head accountant, who has been touring the US for years to inform the people about what this debt means. It’s now clear that only drastic measures can offer a solution. I.O.U.S.A. explains the financial disaster scenario and shows without panic or apocalyptic rhetoric which strategies can provide a way out. Burying one’s head in the sand is no longer an option.
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Year of development :2008Created by:Patrick Creadon
