a new digital documentary

In Search of the Valley is the story of three friends' personal journey into the psyche of Silicon Valley, when in September of 2004 they swapped London for California, spending one month visiting and talking to many of the valley's heavyweights and biggest personalities.

Directed by Steve O'Hear, and produced by Fleeta Siegel, the resulting film is a unique interpretation of Silicon Valley - a social fabric that has produced some of the most remarkable technological advances of the 20th Century, and spawned an infectious dichotomy of counterculture and entrepreneurship.

starring

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak; Adobe co-founder, John Warnock; Macromedia co-founder, Marc Canter; Craiglist founder, Craig Newmark; O'Reilly Media founder, Tim O'Reilly; Apache developer, Brian Behlendorf; Digibarn co-founder, Bruce Damer; Videographer, Al Lundell; Macintosh developer, Andy Hertzfeld, Academic, Brenda Laurel; Personal Computer pioneer, Lee Felsenstein; and many others.

read the blog

Our journey across Silicon Valley took place in the month of September 2004 and was recorded in our weblog.

DRM-free download now available
We’re very pleased to announce that you can now purchase a download of the movie. We’re using a service called Streamburst, which gives you three versions of the film (high quality, portable e.g. iPod / PSP etc, and mobile phone)… all for £3.99 / $7.99. We’re also selling a bunch of extras.Here is how it [...]

In Search of the Valley featured on the BBC
The film's director - Steve O'Hear - was interviewed by the BBC world service for their Digital Planet show.

Screening: Nov 5th 2006 Vintage Computer Film Festival, Mountain View (California)
4pm at the Computer History Museum!