Drawn from historical events, Cybersyn: The Computer and the Socialist is a political drama centered on a radical techno-initiative in Chile in the early 1970s. Launched during the socialist revolution led by Salvador Allende, the Cybersyn project was an early attempt to use computer-based systems to better manage the output of the nationalized industries of Chile. Peak moments of action in the story include the successful maneuvers by the Cybersyn team around a transport blockade against the government, fascist street gangs’ violent assaults on leftists as part of an ongoing political conflicts as well as the Chilean military’s attacks on the Presidential Palace during the coup that led to Allende’s overthrow and death along with the imprisonment and exile of most Cybersyn principals.