Ondi Timoner Talks About Her Digital Future Doc ‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Ahead Of Netflix Debut; Watch Trailer Here

EXCLUSIVE: Timing is everything to documentary veteran Ondi Timoner, and the decision to launch her latest film in January, on New Year’s Day, is no coincidence. Premiered at SXSW in March, The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution is a fast and furious look at the post-Trump, post-Covid world we live in and the virtual spaces that have usurped the traditional norms of interaction and communication.

We have your first look at the film in the trailer above.

The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution deals with a lot of seemingly random issues and pulls them neatly together, notably the rise of the citizen stockbrokers, whose interventions caused havoc on Wall Street when they came to the aid of ailing video game store GameStop after it went public in 2021. This, and Donald Trump’s impromptu party at the Capitol the same year, set her thinking.