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They Were There (2011)

Name: They Were There
Director: Errol Morris
Genre: documentary film
Rating: 6.5

They Were There is a 2011 documentary short film directed by Oscar winner Errol Morris. It is a centennial film about the company IBM.

Directed by Errol Morris · Music by Philip Glass

Elsewhere

More by Errol Morris

The Pigeon Tunnel
Separated
Tune Out the Noise
Gates of Heaven — 1978
Vernon, Florida — 1981
The Thin Blue Line — 1988
A Brief History of Time — 1991
The Dark Wind — 1991
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control — 1997
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. — 1999
The Fog of War — 2003
Standard Operating Procedure — 2008
Tabloid — 2010
The Unknown Known — 2013
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography — 2016
American Dharma — 2018
CHAOS: The Manson Murders — 2025

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