Dallas Video Fest 2011

With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, Tiffany Shlain’s vibrant and insightful documentary, -i-Connected,-/i- explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time—the environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights, the global economy—while searching for her place in the world during a transformative time in her life. Employing a splendidly imaginative combination of animation and archival footage, plus several surprises, Shlain constructs a chronological tour of Western modernization through the work of her late father, Leonard Shlain, a brain surgeon and best-selling author of -i-Art and Physics-/i- and -i-The Alphabet Versus the Goddess.-/i-
With humor and irony, the Shlain family life merges with philosophy to create both a personal portrait and a proposal for ways we can move forward as a civilization. -i-Connected-/i- illuminates the beauty and tragedy of human endeavor while boldly championing the importance of personal connectedness for understanding and coping with today’s global conditions.