Untapped: Closing America's Opportunity Gap

We are living in a unique time where, regardless of one's socioeconomic situation, everyone has unlimited access to information through their electronic devices. However, even though knowledge has never been more accessible, the pathways to corporate opportunities have never been scarcer. As the opportunity gap continues to widen and questions about the feasibility of secondary education persist, we aim to explore the state of corporate America—its origins and what truly matters when hiring individuals in the modern age. Establishing a connection between voices at the highest echelons and those at the nascent stages of their careers, we intend to show viewers that we all share similar experiences when endeavoring to enter a corporate environment and acquire the necessary skills for career advancement. Entering the workforce is an inherently human pursuit; we are all repositories of intellectual capital, not mere cogs in a machine. Our objective is to ensure that viewers gain a profound sense of this new reality. By employing a cinema vérité approach, we sought to comprehend the human nuances of our key characters and their experiences as they navigate unfamiliar terrain. Recognizing the subtleties of these moments was pivotal in showcasing the profound human essence of these experiences for all of us and conveying that talent is truly everywhere but opportunity is not.