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Our very own Tan Siok Siok (@sioksiok)—insightful, creative filmmaker and core member of GIT-China—has just flown from Beijing and will be driving cross-country from NYC to LA and back Oct 21-Nov 6.

The mission? To film Twittamentary,  an innovative, crowd-sourced documentary about Twitter. The initiative officially launches TODAY, at the NYC 140 Conference meet up.

Twitta….what?

Twittamentary is more than just a documentary about Twitter. According to director Siok, “it’s about you and me and the unimaginable new ways we are communicating. We explore how, what, and why Twitter is affecting sea changes to society, media, business, economy, culture and our daily lives, all at the speed of light.”

People around the world have been talking about the Twitter revolution and how it has transformed our very identities and our collective subconscious. Twitter accelerates serendipity. Bonds are forged as a result of unexpected
encounters between strangers as they share moments of their lives in real
time.
 Twitter also attracts controversy. Cynics see the popular
micro-blogging service as the breeding ground of ‘narcissists’ and
”micro celebrities” who are lured by the promise of instant fame. But why has this seemingly banal micro-blogging service captured the
world’s imagination?
In this documentary, Tan Siok Siok peels away the hype and explores the human dimensions of how lives connect, intersect, and are affected and changed as a result of encounters on Twitter. Twittamentary is crowd-sourced by social medians across the globe; it is all about stories of the people, and by the people.
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