
Generation Startup takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it's an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while deli... (Full plot summary below)
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Generation Startup takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it's an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while delivering a vital call-to-action-with entrepreneurship at a record low, the country's economic future is at stake.
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| TheWrapMekeisha Madden TobyJust keep in mind, this is a revealing but upbeat documentary about new Detroiters made by non-Detroiters. If you want a more homegrown take, you'll have to see a different movie. |
| Detroit NewsAdam Graham"Generation Startup" has lofty goals, but its reach is overextended. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThere's enough variety in the workplace settings here to keep us interested, but the doc's chronology isn't the smoothest. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshIt’s a warm, uplifting portrait of the potentials to be found in startup culture, but feels blinkered by its specific focus. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanGeneration Startup is too blurry about the grass-roots wheeling and dealing it shows. |
| Village VoiceChris PackhamIt looks like the recruitment appeal that it is; it will probably be pretty effective on campuses. |
| User ReviewPunyaruk BGreat movie with a good, honest look into entrepreneurship. Definitely one I'm going to watch again |