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The desk on film — every piece built from the site's own data record and labeled for what it is: proof, reference, or release. Articles live on the newsstand; this page screens sixteen-by-nine masters only.

4 documentaries · 30 films screening · 0 in production · as of 2026-07-25

FILM № 001 · Preproduction proof

The InstrumentsThe Desk · all instruments runtime 6:43 rendered 2026-07-25 numbers from the data record at build time

On the record: Team review 2026-07-25 — red-team against the six-criteria bar: 4 FAIL · 2 PARTIAL. This is the film that set the bar; the verdict made the red-team a standing gate every successor must pass before it reaches the desk.

The Instruments

FILM № 001 · documentary · 6:43

One continuous world, six minutes forty-three. The desk's instruments — the gauge, the gap, the loop, the count — carried as one story, every number read from the site's own data record at build time.

Underneath — 3 films from this case · 2 also filed elsewhere

AI Impact

FILM № 003 · documentary · 2:02

What is AI actually doing to people? Five numbers, each with its receipt: 160,588 jobs · $799B capex · 413 TWh · zero cuts at the labs · 62% adoption with flat trust. The machine is the constant; the people are the variable — and the cause.

Underneath — 1 film from this case

Held out by standing ruling: the Tech Stack sample (its lane was not called in) and the narrative capstone (parked — brought in later, never led with). Platform formats (vertical and square cuts) are derived per platform and never screen in this room.