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 Love him or hate him, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is well known for his philanthropic efforts, while his late friend and former co-worker Ric Weiland has received significantly less recognition for his notable philanthropic contributions. In Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story, filmmaker Aaron Bear sets out to right this wrong, establishing Weiland as a humanitarian and fundamental LGBTQ activist. A talented computer programmer, Weiland was one of the first five employees at Microsoft. In the tenth grade, Weiland and his friend Paul Allen, along with two eighth-graders, Bill Gates and Kent Evans, formed their high school computer club, the Lakeside Coding Group. A few years later, Gates and Allen founded Microsoft in 1975 and invited Weiland to join their new company as a programmer and developer. He briefly left the company to attend a few semesters at Harvard Business School, then returned as a project leader for Microsoft Works. Director: Aaron Bear Writers: Wade Laurels, Aimee...