Something Ventured

NZ film Festival e-mailed me:

I came across a film that I think might be the sort of thing Kiwiblog readers would be into.

It’s called Something Ventured, a documentary about the early venture capitalists (including the guy who invented the term), the original men who put their money into Silicon Valley.

It’s different to the sort of business films we normally see in cinemas – it’s a total love letter to capitalism, and not at all afraid to sing the praises of the dudes with the dough.

There’s a nice geek-business crossover. The VCs funded companies like Apple, Atari and Intel. One of the venture capitalists talks about meeting a young Steve Jobs – all scruffy and hairy – wanting funding for his business idea.

Here’s a recent New York Times article on the film:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/business/media/08film.html

And here are the screening times, with links to the film info pages:

Screening times in Auckland:

http://www.nzff.co.nz/auckland/film/something-ventured

Saturday 16 July 6.15pm Academy Cinemas
Tuesday 19 July 2.15pm Academy Cinemas
Thursday 21 July 6.30pm SKYCITY Theatre
Sunday 24 July 6.00pm Rialto Cinemas Newmarket

Screening times in Wellington:

http://www.nzff.co.nz/wellington/film/something-ventured

Friday 29 July 8.30pm Te Papa
Saturday 30 July 4.00pm Te Papa
Sunday 31 July 6.00pm Te Papa
Thursday 4 August 4.15pm Te Papa

Sounds like a good film to go and see.