Three documentaries about technologies to rebuild communities

Nov. 7, 2019

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    The following three documentaries available in the Guidedoc catalog demonstrate the transformative power of technology to achieve social inclusion, the empowerment of communities and the example for a planet without global warming.

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    Ocean In A Drop

     


    The rise of India as one of the most powerful economies in the world does not necessarily coincide with the increase of the access of the poorest communities to the Internet connection and Internet literacy. Ocean In A Drop follows the initiative of an organization that seeks to digitally empower the poorest villages in this country.

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    Cycle Of Change

     

     

    Through Rina, a Salvadoran girl, this documentary shows us the work of the members of Bici-Tec, a non-profit organization that uses pedal-power technology to improve the lives of the inhabitants of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in El Salvador.

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    Slingshot

     

     

    Dean Kamen is mostly known for being the inventor of the Segwey, but his most significant invention has remained in the shadows. This documentary makes a portrait of Kamen, a workaholic man and a science lover who has spent many years of his life trying to complete his dream invention: a device that can solve the world's safe water crisis.

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    Best Documentary Films

    Award-Winning Documentaries Curated For You

    WATCH NOW

    1694 films
    And a new one every day

    The preferred platform
    of true documentary lovers

    Half of all revenue goes
    directly to the filmmakers