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You are invited to view the only Chicago public screening of Twittamentary, a film from Siok Siok Tan exploring how lives connect and intersect within the Twitter community. Chicago has a special connection to the film as Siok features some of our own Twitter users in the film including AnnMarie Walsh, @PADSChicago....
[read more] Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://twittamentarychicago-efbevent.eventbrite.com
You are invited to view the only Chicago public screening of Twittamentary, a film from Siok Siok Tan exploring how lives connect and intersect within the Twitter community. Chicago has a special connection to the film as Siok features some of our own Twitter users in the film including AnnMarie Walsh, @PADSChicago. Experiencing homelessness herself and at the same time being an advocate for the homeless, this event will have 100% of the profits going to Deborah's Place, Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness for Women in Chicago and also AnnMarie's new permanent home.
Program
5:45pm Introductions
6:00-7:30pm Screening of Twittamentary followed by Q&A with Producer
7:30-8:30pm Food, Drinks and Conversation
About Twittamentary
Twittamentary looks at how lives connect and intersect within the Twitter community as the real-time web accelerates serendipity. Bonds are forged as a result of unexpected encounters between strangers as they share moments of their lives real time. The film is created in the open spirit of the Web. Twitter users are invited to contribute story ideas, rich media and videos to the film via the movie website. The launch of the Twittamentary website in August 2009 soon led to a whirlwind road trip across USA, where the filmmaker interviewed a wide range of Twitter'ers, from a travel journalist turned "twilebrity" to a homeless women who uses twitter from a public library to a prostitute who uses twitter as her personal GPS.
About the Filmmaker
Tan Siok Siok is a filmmaker, entrepreneur and a honorary geek with a deep passion for great storytelling in the age of real time web.
Siok’s latest film project is Twittamentary, a documentary about Twitter, the popular microblogging tool. Leveraging the power of social media, Siok crowdsources the stories and videos for the project. Siok is also an entrepreneur who has built Kinetic ONE, an online video venture in China focused on sports, music and youth culture.
Host Sponsor
Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Food Sponsor
Ramon DeLeon will provide Domino's Pizza and famous Lava Cakes
Gold Sponsors
Northeast Cooling
Marketing Sponsors
Ungeeked Elite Chicago May 12-14
