Company Town

PRESENTED BY: Meaningful Movies of Issaquah
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6:30 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2018 PST
Location: Issaquah Highlands, WA (click for map)
by Jack F / March 5, 2018 / 0  Blakely Hall, 2550 NE Park Drive Issaquah,WA

The once free-spirited city of San Francisco is now a “Company Town,” a playground for tech moguls of the “sharing economy.” Airbnb is the biggest hotel. Uber privatizes transit. And now these companies want political power as well. Meanwhile, middle class and ethnic communities are driven out by skyrocketing rents and evictions–sparking a grassroots backlash that challenges the oligarchy of tech. Is this the future of cities around the world? The feature-length documentary, “Company Town,” is the story of an intense election campaign to determine the fate of the city at the epicenter of the digital revolution.

Sponsors: Issaquah Highlands Council, Humanities Washington, and 4Culture

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/220618138677143/

Release Year: 2016

Running Time: 78 MINS

Director: Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow

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