{"id":13245,"date":"2011-01-27T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=13245"},"modified":"2024-06-17T01:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T08:08:35","slug":"errol_morris_ibm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2011\/01\/errol_morris_ibm.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey Were There\u201d \u2014 Errol Morris Finally Directs a Film for IBM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/395799933\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>In the late 1990s, Errol Mor\u00adris, the acclaimed direc\u00adtor, was hired to make a film for an \u201cin house\u201d con\u00adfer\u00adence of IBM employ\u00adees.&nbsp;Even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly IBM can\u00adceled the con\u00adfer\u00adence, and the film was scrapped. (Watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errolmorris.com\/content\/aborted\/projects_ibm.html\">clip of it here<\/a>.) Now more than a decade lat\u00ader, IBM has brought Mor\u00adris back, this time to direct a film meant to com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrate the 100th anniver\u00adsary of the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s found\u00ading. The 30-minute film, <em>They Were There<\/em>, appears on IBM\u2019s YouTube Chan\u00adnel, and it notably fea\u00adtures music by Philip Glass.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to sup\u00adport the mis\u00adsion of Open Cul\u00adture, con\u00adsid\u00ader <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">mak\u00ading&nbsp;a dona\u00adtion to our site<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EBHjtX\">con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions<\/a> will help us con\u00adtin\u00adue pro\u00advid\u00ading the best free cul\u00adtur\u00adal and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals to learn\u00aders every\u00adwhere. You can con\u00adtribute through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/help-fund-open-culture\">Pay\u00adPal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eB2GRB\">Patre\u00adon<\/a>, and Ven\u00admo (@openculture). Thanks!<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to November 22, 1963: Watch Errol Morris\u2019 Short Documentary About the Kennedy Assassination\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/11\/new-errol-morris-film-asks-whether-we-will-ever-know-the-truth-about-the-kennedy-assassination.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Novem\u00adber 22, 1963: Watch Errol Mor\u00adris\u2019 Short Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary About the Kennedy Assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/11\/filmmaker_errol_morris_gives_us_11_reasons_not_to_vote.html\">Film\u00admak\u00ader Errol Mor\u00adris Gives Us \u201c11 Excel\u00adlent Rea\u00adsons Not to Vote?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Errol Morris Meditates on the Meaning and History of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Last Photograph\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/12\/errol-morris-meditates-on-the-meaning-and-history-of-abraham-lincolns-last-photograph.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Errol Mor\u00adris Med\u00adi\u00adtates on the Mean\u00ading and His\u00adto\u00adry of Abra\u00adham Lincoln\u2019s Last Pho\u00adto\u00adgraph<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39579993\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the late 1990s, Errol Mor\u00adris, the acclaimed direc\u00adtor, was hired to make a film for an \u201cin house\u201d con\u00adfer\u00adence of IBM employ\u00adees.&nbsp;Even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly IBM can\u00adceled the con\u00adfer\u00adence, and the film was scrapped. 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