Publicity still from WeCrashed

In this Carsey Wolf Center event presented in collaboration with UC Press journal Film Quarterly, Professors France Winddance Twine (Sociology, UCSB) and Lisa Parks (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) discuss the ways Big Tech TV shows such as WeCrashed (starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway) and Super Pumped (starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Uma Thurman) represent power dynamics in Silicon Valley workplaces.

This event will build upon an article that Parks and Twine published in the spring 2023 Film Quarterly. Parks and Twine will join Marc Francis, the journal’s Assistant Editor, to discuss topics including structural inequalities in the workplace, the myth of corporate self-regulation, and the culture of CEO worship in Silicon Valley.