CATCHING CANCER AND OTHER STORIES - VERIZON
Verizon believes that for the first time we are truly and magnificently in the future. And it’s powered by 5G. Now we can build a more sustainable world. We can finally fight cancer like never before. We can change the way we play, learn, live, work. This is the age of humans. Because Verizon 5G isn’t about what technology can do. But about giving humans the ability to do more good and more new in the world.

Hans Vestberg launched Verizon 5G to the world with the manifesto I scripted called The Age of Humans. And all through 2019, we traveled across the country to find real stories of people and see how their lives are being transformed by technology. These documentaries were filmed on our journeys.

With Michael Raso, Alexander Augustinos, Declan Byrnes-Enoch, Katie Pilot, Katie West and Kyle Webster.
Directed by Christian Weber.

DOCUMENTARY 01

CATCHING CANCER
While doctors are doing the best they can to fight cancer, they are often limited by 2D images to understand a patient’s 3D anatomy. Dr. Christopher Morley and Dr. Osamah Choudhry created Medivis, a technology that can take 2-dimensional patient imaging, whether an MRI or CAT scan, and convert into 3-dimensional holographic renderings. This will fundamentally change how doctors fight cancer. This docu-film tells that story.

DOCUMENTARY 02

CLOSING THE DIVIDE - DJ

Millions of students in America don't have the access to technology. VZ is working with underserved schools in the country to bridge the digital divide. We traveled to Louisville to follow the story of some students to see what happens when technology is easily accessible. Does it change anything?

THE DIAGNOSABLE PRINT AD
To showcase the Medivis technology, we took over The New York Times and created a diagnosable print ad using Augmented Reality. We found a real patient with a brain tumor and you can point your phone at his picture and see his brain in 3D and find the tumor.

Hans Vestberg kicked off 5G at the Verizon CES keynote address with this manifesto that I scripted.