Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death and Technology

• Director: Tiffany Shlain
• Cast: Peter Coyote
• Language: English
• Theatrical Release Date: Fri Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2011
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Synopsis: With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, Tiffany Shlain’s vibrant and insightful documentary, "Connected," explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time—the environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights, the global economy—while searching for her place in the world during a transformative time in her life. Employing a splendidly imaginative combination of animation and archival footage, plus several surprises, Shlain constructs a chronological tour of Western modernization through the work of her late father, Leonard Shlain, a brain surgeon and best-selling author of "Art and Physics" and "The Alphabet Versus the Goddess." With humor and irony, the Shlain family life merges with philosophy to create both a personal portrait and a proposal for ways we can move forward as a civilization. "Connected" illuminates the beauty and tragedy of human endeavor while boldly championing the importance of personal connectedness for understanding and coping with today’s global conditions. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance]