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Season 1 – Twitter: Breaking the Bird

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Featuring interviews with co-founder and former CEO Ev Williams and co-founder Biz Stone, who share their personal experiences of how a group of idealistic friends set out to build a digital utopia, and how that vision morphed into the platform now owned by Elon Musk. Featuring additional insight from numerous Twitter employees, and analysis from journalists like Kara Swisher who have been covering the company since day one.
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Chris Bennion Daily Telegraph (UK) 04/04/2025
4/5
Kate Quine’s film was a riveting account of how wild-eyed Silicon Valley dreaming can transform into disturbing, ideological dogma. Needless to say, it was timely. Go to Full Review Phil Harrison Independent (UK) 04/04/2025
4/5
Ultimately, this documentary tells a great 21st century cautionary tale -- although whether any lessons will be learned remains to be seen. Go to Full Review Lucy Mangan Guardian 04/01/2025
4/5
Twitter: Breaking the Bird is a compelling tale -- albeit told without flair -- of how idealism and ignorance, willed and unwilled, combined to bring down a potential empire. Go to Full Review Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 04/07/2025
Handily, the story is captured in Kate Quine and Maureen MacPhee’s zippy and engaging film. This is hardly the first time the tale has been told, but by now the experience has had time to marinate and the quotes are nicely juicy. Go to Full Review Barbara Ellen Observer (UK) 04/07/2025
4/5
If Breaking the Bird doesn’t show us how to escape this mess, it at least helps to illustrate how we got here. Go to Full Review Marianne Levy iNews.co.uk 04/01/2025
4/5
This documentary illuminates the failure of Twitter’s founders to understand human nature, the way indifference to both the vulnerability and the terrifying power of the site’s users was embedded into both its system and its guiding philosophy. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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The O @RT59845278 Mar 7 THEY 🤓 CALLED 🤓 IT 🤓 TWITTER 🤓 BUT 🤓 ITS 🤓 CALLED 🤓 X! 🤓 HOW 🤓 DARE 🤓 THEY 🤓 DISRESPECT 🤓 MY 🤓 POOKIE 🤓 ELON 🤓 MUSK🤓 See more David H @RT38444594 Nov 4 Hard to take seriously as this documentary seemed like a group therapy session of scorned ex employees venting about how evil Jack is. Obviously one sided. See more Read all reviews
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Ev Williams

Self

Biz Stone

Self

James Goldston

Executive Producer

Ricardo Pollack

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 9, 2025 The Big Idea In the heart of San Francisco, a group of young coders and designers come together to invent a new social media platform they name Twitter; built for simple status updates, Twitter quickly evolves beyond its original purpose. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 16, 2025 Unfollowing the Leader As Twitter transforms communication across the world, its founders fight for control of the company; once reserved for techies and celebrities, it evolves into a key platform for news and politics. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 23, 2025 Making It Big A new CEO takes over and brings back founder Jack Dorsey to help steer Twitter's growth; activism thrives as the platform becomes a revolutionary tool for change, but its darker side becomes more apparent as hate spreads. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 30, 2025 Disaster Jack Dorsey returns as CEO of Twitter but soon faces serious challenges; as tensions rise over free speech on the platform, he turns to one man he believes can save it: Elon Musk. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
James Goldston, Ricardo Pollack
Network
CNN
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Mar 9, 2025