In 2005 I wrote the film Press or Say 2 which explored the relationship between China (Communist) and IBM (Capitalist), when Lenovo, a Chinese company, bought IBM’s computer making division. Notice how there’s no more IBM computers around?
The question I explored was: how would a communist company deal with tech support – that supremely capitalist form of customer service?
My imagined result pretty much matched the reality: The Chinese government has hacked into the world’s computers, starting with Google.
Feel free to watch my short film, then read the New York Time’s article!
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The East is Red as Dan Zhirkovsky finds his computer skills tested in the New
World Order.
FESTIVALS
Official Selection, 2005 Deep Ellum Film Festival, Dallas, TX
Honorable Mention, 2006 China America Festival of Film and Culture, VA
Official Selection, 2006 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, CA
Official Selection, 2006 Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, CA
Winner, Platinum Remi Award, 2006 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, TX
Winner, Best Micro-Movie, 2006 Bare Bones International Film Festival, OK
Official Selection, 2006 Flint Film Festival, MI
Official Selection, 2006 Tribeca Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Finalist, 2006 The Director’s Cut, New York, NY
Official Selection, 2006 deadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma, OK
Official Selection, 2006 Tour des Artistes Film Festival, Long Beach, CA
Official Selection, 2006 Indiefest Chicago, IL
Official Selection, 2006 Asian Film Festival of Dallas, TX
Official Selection, 2006 Boulder Asian Film Festival, CO
Official Selection, 2006 San Diego Asian Film Festival, CA
Official Selection, 2006 Williamstown Film Festival, MA
Official Selection, 2006 Borges en curt, Borges en Blanques, Spain
Semi-Finalist, 2006 Angelus Student Film Festival, CA
Official Selection, 2006 Twin Cities Underground Film Festival, MN
Official Selection, 2006 Hatch Audiovisual Arts Festival, MT
Official Selection, 2006 Script-2-Screen Film Festival, OK
Finalist, 2006 Century City Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Official Selection, 2006 Australian International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Winner, Golden Ten Award, 2007 Mumbai International FICTS Festival, India