This documentary follows three Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who like many others from around the world, hope to become as influential as Steve Jobs. Their chances of success are slim, risking financial ruin and extended separations from family. In a unique turn, the filmmaker becomes like his subjects, as his life eventually begins to mirror theirs. The Dreamers and I is a startling exploration of how innovative and disruptive ideas are incubated, nurtured, and often shattered.
Biography:
Kenji Yamamoto is an award-winning editor and producer of documentary and feature films. He edited and produced Thousand Pieces Of Gold, which participated in the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Lab and aired on the PBS American Playhouse series and around the world. He produced and edited Downside Up, Smitten, Trust:Second Acts in Young Lives, and Rebels With A Cause. Downside Up aired on the PBS Independent Lens series; Smitten aired on a PBS Primetime Special; Trust aired nationally on the PBS World America ReFramed series; and Rebels aired on PBS through American Public TV. Kenji edited New Muslim Cool, which won the Freedom Award at the Al Jazeera International Film Festival and edited States of Grace which received audience favorite awards at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Nancy Kelly is an independent filmmaker, working in documentary and feature film. With Kenji Yamamoto, she made Rebels with a Cause narrated by Frances McDormand. It is about ordinary citizens who banded together to protect and preserve open spaces near urban areas for parks and farms from rampant development. Nancy also created a documentary trilogy about the transformative power of art - Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives, Smitten, and Downside UP, all of which aired on PBS.
