Our Time
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America has questions about today's youth, what we care about, and where we're headed. We had those questions too. So, after graduating college, four of us loaded an RV and embarked on a journey looking for answers. We traveled to all of the lower 48 states, talking to our peers about growing up, 9/11, race, the Internet, careers, sex, love, and the American Dream. Along the way, we met a wide cross-section of young Americans, ranging from a cancer researcher in Boston to a drug dealer in New Mexico, from an Iraq veteran in Florida to the founder of Facebook in Silicon Valley. The film ultimately leads to the recent historic election, where our generation finally stands up to make its voice heard. OUR TIME is a passionate portrayal of a generation, a meditation on coming of age in 21st-century America, and a rallying cry against apathy.
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Our Time digs at the heart of what it is to be a young adult in post 9/11 America. Even managing to get an interview with the Gen Y leader of the moment, Mark Zuckerberg, the film creates a time capsule of a generation that so often gets defined in narrow terms. Our Time explores everyone from the drug dealers to the military men and shows all of us how we are actually united. Nothing feels more American than that.

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60 mins - ,
Cast:
  • Tom Brokaw
    ... Himself
  • Vernon Jordan
    ... Himself
  • Mark Zuckerberg
    ... Himself
Crew:
  • Director:
    Matt Wiggins
  • Director:
    Matthew Heineman
  • Writer:
    Ryan Hagan
  • Writer:
    Matthew Heineman
  • Writer:
    Mark Kirby
  • Writer:
    Adam White
  • Producers:
    Matt Wiggins
  • Producers:
    Matthew Heineman
Production Company:
Our Time Projects;Young American