Bootstraps, a docuseries

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You Are More Interesting Than You Think

On how our brains love stories and how to share your own

Aug 11 • Bootstraps, a docuseries

First Look at the Finished Series (at BIEN Congress)!

Join us in Toronto for a docuseries sneak peek and a celebration ten years in the making.

Jul 28 • Bootstraps, a docuseries

When the Credits Roll, What Comes Next?

Why we are taking our UBI documentary on the road to build a community-driven safety net from the ground up.

Jul 7 • Bootstraps, a docuseries

3 (simplified) Steps to Distributing a Documentary

On finding a distributor for a docuseries about how participants of a UBI experiment transformed their lives

Jun 16 • Bootstraps, a docuseries

Bootstraps Goes to Market + Comingle is Alive!

From Conrad Shaw and Deia Schlosberg of the Bootstraps Basic Income Project

May 26 • Bootstraps, a docuseries

But what if most people are good?

On the decline of social trust and universal basic income

May 5 • Bootstraps, a docuseries

Bootstraps, a docuseries

Exploring the human experience of Universal Basic Income through the Bootstraps docuseries by Emmy-winning director Deia Schlosberg, which follows 11 U.S. households whose lives were transformed during a groundbreaking, multi-year basic income experiment

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