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An African American male, in the seventies, creates a new industry,yet faces subtle racism and financial greed and must decide if it is worth it.
Robert Watson is intelligent, educated and hard-working. But when he perceives he will never be more than the token black in predominantly white companies, he sets out to establish his own company. The story weaves the technical and business detail of entrepreneurship taking place in the U.S and Japan with relationships that are complicated by the psychological isolation of a black male in a white world. It is a story of one man’s search for identity, for the place he truly belongs and a love that will make him whole. In today’s world where blacks continue to strive to define their culture and | |  | | The LA Hustle
A young entrepreneur develops software to predict the success or failure of a film before is released.
For years the big Hollywood studios have dominated the film industry and have migrated to a model of producing a small number of big blockbusters each year, that follow a set template to maximize profits.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> /span>Jayson Grayson, an ex-Wall Street “quant,” creates software to predict the success or failure of a movie before it is developed.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> /span>In doing so, he upsets the existing Hollywood establishment that is evolving toward more expensive movies shown in more and more expensive venues.span sty |
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