San Francisco 2.0: A Rhetorical Analysis San Francisco 2.0 is an HBO documentary film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi. Alexandra Pelosi is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker based out of Manhattan that was born in San Francisco. In the film, she explores the effects of gentrification and the widening wage gap caused by the tech industry on certain demographics and neighborhoods in the city. She interviews people caught on both sides of these issues like people who work in the tech industry and longtime residents of the city. Throughout the film, the tech industry is portrayed as an invading monster causing all sorts of problems to the city of San Francisco. It has had a major influence on many of the issues the city is experiencing, whether it is
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Pelosi starts out the film with sarcasm pointing out that there is a “techie invasion” happening and San Francisco. The city as it was is at risk of disappearing by using vintage film footage of San Francisco under attack from a monster. She states that “San Francisco is being forced to reinvent itself”, and that some of its residents might get left behind. Gentrification has been a long-standing issue for a few decades now and the problem that doesn’t seem to be subsiding. There are many factors contributing to the issue such as a widening wage gap, insufficient housing and greedy landlords trying to cash in on the tech boom. Pelosi goes on to interview some tech workers from the industry and refers to them as “tech bros” or “techies”. They are portrayed as being young, arrogant and exclusionary. She tries to evoke anger from the audience by showing a perspective into the daily life of a tech worker and the
Pelosi starts out the film with sarcasm pointing out that there is a “techie invasion” happening and San Francisco. The city as it was is at risk of disappearing by using vintage film footage of San Francisco under attack from a monster. She states that “San Francisco is being forced to reinvent itself”, and that some of its residents might get left behind. Gentrification has been a long-standing issue for a few decades now and the problem that doesn’t seem to be subsiding. There are many factors contributing to the issue such as a widening wage gap, insufficient housing and greedy landlords trying to cash in on the tech boom. Pelosi goes on to interview some tech workers from the industry and refers to them as “tech bros” or “techies”. They are portrayed as being young, arrogant and exclusionary. She tries to evoke anger from the audience by showing a perspective into the daily life of a tech worker and the