STARTUP.COM

Acclaimed documentary team Chris Hegedus, DA Pennebaker and Jehane Noujaim take a riveting behind-the- scenes look at the volatile internet industry, chronicling the turbulent development of New York based website govWorks.com. The film follows in painfully intimate detail the trials of partners Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman, best friends since childhood, as they progress from being rookies with just a business plan to assuming leadership of a nationally recognised organisation. What could go wrong? Everything. As the inhospitable economy of the year 2000 reduces high-flying dotcoms to bankruptcy, Tom & Kaleil struggle to save their company from a spectacular meltdown

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