Connected (the movie)

From Cairo to Wall Street, social media are changing the way people come together. Connected, a new documentary film that opens this weekend in Manhattan, explores some of those changes, for better and worse. "For centuries, we have declared our independence but maybe it's time to declare our inter-dependence," says director Tiffany Shlain, also the founder of the Webby Awards. The film, which previewed at this year's Sundance Film Festival, has been shown mostly to California audiences until now. Here's the trailer:

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[Illustration by S. Fox for istock.com)