Rent The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
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1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
The Internet's Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's ground-breaking work in social justice and political organising combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties. - Actors:
- Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley, Brewster Kahle, Lawrence Lessig, Zoe Lofgren, Carl Malamud, Quinn Norton, Tim O'Reilly, Elliot Peters, Alec Resnick, David Segal, Stephen Shultze
- Directors:
- Brian Knappenberger
- Producers:
- Brian Knappenberger
- Writers:
- Brian Knappenberger
- Studio:
- Spectrum
- Genres:
- Documentary
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