Premieres on April 11 at 8 p.m. PT with streaming on pbssocal.org/cyberwork and on the free PBS App
At 4/9 Exclusive Premiere Screening Event for PBS SoCal’s
CYBERWORK AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
Exclusive Premiere Screening Attended by Tech Community at LMU’s Playa Vista Campus
On Tues., Apr. 9 from 7-9:30 p.m., PBS SoCal held the premiere screening for the new documentary CYBERWORK AND THE AMERICAN DREAM at the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television in Playa Vista. Guests were welcomed with opening remarks from Associate Professor & Chair of Animation Tom Klein as well as President and CEO of Public Media Group of Southern California Andrew Russell. The event celebrated the launch of the new PBS SoCal documentary CYBERWORK AND THE AMERICAN DREAM which will premiere on April 11 at 8 p.m. PT with streaming on pbssocal.org/cyberwork and on the free PBS App.
CYBERWORK AND THE AMERICAN DREAM is a one-hour documentary designed to spark a conversation about the impending transformation of jobs by artificial intelligence (AI), with a balanced debate among experts on how both workers and employers can prepare for the impending disruption.
The documentary features a diverse cast of experts and notable voices including tech entrepreneur and businessman / NBA’s Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Andrew McAfee, chess champion Garry Kasparov, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, historian Niall Ferguson and more than a dozen scholars and innovators who add contrasting perspectives.
Over 100 guests attended the event that began with a reception catered by Fundamental in the very modern and tech savvy Playa del Rey facility. After the welcome from Klein and Russell, the film kicked off its premiere, the first of eight screenings across the country (full list below).
Guests included LMU students, the Silicon Beach community, PBS SoCal major donors and cast/crew from the film. Following the screening, PBS SoCal hosted a Facebook Live streaming of a panel discussion that was moderated by Marketplace Tech Host Molly Wood and featured special guests interviewed in the documentary as well as experts in the field including Chief Executive Officer of Skillful Beth Cobert, Director of Career Pathways at Microsoft Joshua Winter, PwC Partner Amy Peirce, Co-Producer/Narrator Elizabeth Cobbs and Director/Producer James Shelley. The evening ended with an audience Q&A.
For more information on the panelists go to PBSSocal.org/cyberworkevent
Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/PBSSoCal/posts/323393351710482/
Upcoming Screenings of CYBERWORK AND THE AMERICAN DREAM:
April 15, Texas – Texas A&M
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyberwork-and-the-american-dream-documentary-screening-panel-tickets-55664632414
April 22, Washington, DC – Cato Institute https://www.cato.org/event/cyberwork-american-dream
April 23, New York – NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyberwork-and-the-american-dream-documentary-screening-panel-tickets-55664881158
April 24, Boston – MIT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyberwork-and-the-american-dream-documentary-screening-fireside-chat-tickets-59897032637
April 25 Newton, MA – Newton Public Library
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyberwork-and-the-american-dream-documentary-screening-panel-tickets-53818073306
May, 7 Palo Alto, CA – Stanford University/Hoover Institution
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyberwork-and-the-american-dream-screening-panel-tickets-59895102865
May 14, Evanston, IL – Northwestern University
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyberwork-and-the-american-dream-documentary-screening-panel-tickets-59894577293
