Marije Meerman - filmography

Work by documentary filmmaker Marije Meerman that is available online in a random order. Marije Meerman works for Tegenlicht or Backlight, a “future-affairs” series for Dutch public broadcaster VPRO Television. Many of her films are personal stories: set against a backdrop of a rapidly changing world, they deal with the impact of globalization, economy and international relations on peoples lives.

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INTERVIEW with EDEN MEDINA on PROJECT CYBERSYN - 9 minutes

Extra to go with Backlight episode Cybertopia: Dreams of Silicon Valley... interview with Eden Medina (professor Informatics Indiana University, author of Cybernetic Revolutionaries) on project Cybersyn. Initiated under president Allende in Chile.

research: William de Bruijn/photography: Maasja Ooms/sound: Claas Meier?editing: Anne Posthuma

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CYBERTOPIA: DREAMS OF SILICON VALLEY - 48 minutes

What is the vision of cyber-utopists in Silicon Valley? They are responsible for a revolution that shapes our lives on all levels. A portrait from Cybertopia. Episode from VPRO Backlight.

research: William de Bruijn/photography & editing: Maasja Ooms/sound: Claas Meier/directed by: Marije Meerman

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THE WALL STREET CODE - Teaser (5 minutes)

Teaser for the documentary The Wall Street Code with former HFT trader Dave Lauer how he experienced the Flash Crash from the Allston trading floor.

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THE WALL STREET CODE: Who Made Money From the Flash Crash - bonus video (3 minutes)

Watch this bonus video for the documentary the Wall Street Code with Dave Lauer and Eric Hunsader about who made a killing from the 2010 Flash Crash.

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THE WALL STREET CODE - 50 minutes

A thriller about a genius algorithm builder who dared to stand up against Wall Street. Haim Bodek, aka The Algo Arms Dealer. From the makers of the much-praised Quants: the Alchemists of Wall Street and Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box. Now the long-awaited final episode of a trilogy in search of the winners and losers of the tech revolution on Wall Street. Could mankind lose control of this increasingly complex system?

Broadcasted in the Vpro-Backlight series.

research: Gerko Wessel

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The Tax Free Tour - english version 53 minutes

"Where do multinationals pay taxes and how much?" Gaining insight from international tax experts, Backlight director Marije Meerman ('Quants' & 'Money & Speed'), takes a look at tax havens, the people who live there and the routes along which tax is avoided globally. 

Those routes go by resounding names like 'Cayman Special', 'Double Irish', and 'Dutch Sandwich'. A financial world operates in the shadows surrounded by a high level of secrecy. A place where sizeable capital streams travel the world at the speed of light and avoid paying tax. The Tax Free Tour is an economic thriller mapping the systemic risk for governments and citizens alike. Is this the price we have to pay for globalised capitalism?

research: William de Bruijn/camera: Jean Counet/montage: Bart van den Broek/geluid: Tim van Peppen, Benny Jansen, Joris van Ballegoijen/animaties: Bitcaves & Motoko/productie: Marie Schutgens/VPRO 2013

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Hereby the link to "China: from Cartier to Confucius". Chinese spoken with only a few sentences of Dutch narration at the beginning of the video. (50 min for Vpro's Tegenlicht - Backlight)

As the glistening Cartier sign, the visually arresting skyscrapers, and the shining BMWs and Ferraris scream out China's unprecedented prosperity, the question confronting a young generation of Chinese who came of age during the period of rapid economic growth is an anxious one: Is this all there is?

The film follows a group of students at an elite Chinese university as they question the value of a market-fundamentalist developmental path China has embarked upon. Through the work of Confucius, this group of self-claimed cultural conservatives is exploring an alternative political and social system anchored on Chinese cultural tradition as opposed to the Marxist of Liberal Democratic model of Western origin. 

With beautiful camera work from Maasja Ooms and researched & co-produced by Ying Zhu.

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Wonderful music coming to you soon in CHINA: FROM CARTIER TO CONFUCIUS  by Michel Banabila & Mete Erker.

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NEVER SAY NEVER: 10 YEARS AFTER ARGENTINA'S BANKRUPTCY (Spanish spoken, Dutch narration)

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MONEY & SPEED: INSIDE THE BLACK BOX - app for iPad

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a thriller based on actual events that takes you to the heart of our automated financial world. Based on interviews with those directly involved and data visualizations up to the millisecond, it reconstructs the fastest and deepest U.S. stock market plunge ever. Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a TouchDoc developed by Marije Meerman from public broadcaster VPRO’s documentary series Backlight and design studio Catalogtree. This explorative documentary is a marriage of strong storytelling and meticulous visual analysis. The TouchDoc showcases the new possibilities opened up by the merger of the television with the computer screen.

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MONEY & SPEED: INSIDE THE BLACK BOX

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a thriller based on actual events that takes us to the heart of our automated financial world. Based on interviews with those directly involved and data visualization into the millisecond, it reconstructs the fastest and deepest decline of the U.S. stock market ever. On the 6th of May 2010, the American stock markets plunged by almost 10% in only 20 minutes. By reconstructing this mysterious “flash crash”, Money and Speed uncovers a world of computer driven financial markets in which profit or loss are determined at the speed of light. Mind-blowing visualizations of financial data show what goes on in the black boxes of the world of finance. What are the consequences of putting computers in charge of our financial system? Also available as the world first Touchdoc as an iPad app. Developed in close collaboration with Catalogtree, Vpro Digitaal & Noodlewerk. With leading “quant” Paul Wilmott, historian George Dyson, quantitative hedge fund manager Rishi Narang, Gregg Berman, the SEC’s lead flash crash investigator Gregg Berman, data analist Eric Scott Hunsader, New Jersey property consultant Jeff Hipschman and former financial regulator Bill Black.

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Trailer I WANNA BE BOSS (6 minutes)

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Trailer MAMMA PLEASE CALL ME

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GOOGLE CHINA STANDOFF (Russian version}

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Animations for QUANTS: THE ALCHEMISTS OF WALL ST by Onesize

While Dutch public broadcaster VPRO was in the process of filming a documentary about the global economic crisis for the show "Tegenlicht" (Backlight), director Marije Meerman headed to Onesize. Meerman called on Onesize to "spice up" her documentary on quantitative analysts, the finance math whizzes known as "quants." Using CINEMA 4D, Onesize produced a set of 3D animations on how quants think and work. With only a few people truly understanding how quants operate, the direction was deliberately kept abstract. Direction, Animation and Design - Onesize - http://www.onesize.com Sound Design - Studio Takt - http://www.studio-takt.com

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Trailer MONEY & SPEED: INSIDE THE BLACK BOX

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a thriller based on actual events that takes us to the heart of our automated financial world. Based on interviews with those directly involved and data visualization into the millisecond, it reconstructs the fastest and deepest decline of the U.S. stock market ever. On the 6th of May 2010, the American stock markets plunged by almost 10% in only 20 minutes. By reconstructing this mysterious "flash crash", Money and Speed uncovers a world of computer driven financial markets in which profit or loss are determined at the speed of light. Mind-blowing visualizations of financial data show what goes on in the black boxes of the world of finance. What are the consequences of putting computers in charge of our financial system? A multi-layered documentary, in which strong storytelling and meticulous visual analysis meet. This TouchDoc shows what a merging of the television- and computer screens can bring. With leading "quant" Paul Wilmott, historian George Dyson, quantitative hedge fund manager Rishi Narang, Gregg Berman, the SEC's lead flash crash investigator Gregg Berman, data analist Eric Scott Hunsader, New Jersey property consultant Jeff Hipschman and former financial regulator Bill Black. Director: Marije Meerman

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Trailer CHINA: FROM CARTIER TO CONFUCIUS (dutch spoken)