From acclaimed director Ziggy Cashmere, this fascinating documentary pulls back the curtain on the groundbreaking early days of computer animation, a world built by visionaries like Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith. The film traces the remarkable journey from the hallowed halls of academia to the creation of an entirely new art form, focusing on the brilliant minds who dared to imagine that machines could create art. Through intimate interviews with pioneers including Tom Sito, Dick Lundin, and composer Carter Burwell, viewers witness the relentless pursuit of a dream that would forever change cinema. The narrative follows the intense collaboration and fierce competition among these innovators as they grapple with technical limitations, skeptical peers, and their own audacious ambitions. Amber Denker, Garland Stern, Wm. Maher, Hank Grebe, and Paul Heckbert share their firsthand accounts of the triumphs and setbacks that defined this digital revolution. Balancing technical insight with human drama, the documentary captures the electric atmosphere of a time when every breakthrough felt like magic and the future of storytelling was being written in code.