Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
- Synopsis
- Biographical documentary film depicting the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organiser and Internet activist Aaron Swartz who helped develop the internet protocol RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as the internet luminaries who worked with him. The film tells his story up to his eventual suicide after a legal battle, and explores the questions of access to information and civil liberties that drove his work.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2014
- Year of production
- 2014
- Subjects
- Information technology
- Keywords
- freedom of information; Internet; civil liberties; computer hacking; Swartz, Aaron (1986-2013)
Credits
- Director
- Brian Knappenberger
- Producer
- Brian Knappenberger
- Writer
- Brian Knappenberger
- Contributor
- Cindy Cohn; Tim Berners-Lee
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- $17.89
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 105 minutes
- Year
- 2015
Production Company
- Name
Filmbuff
Distributor
- Name
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
- info@kaleidoscopehomeentertainment.com
- Web
- http://kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com/content/index.asp External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3397 4410
- Fax
- 020 728 72 098
- Address
- 6th Floor
16 Dufour’s Place
London
W1F 7SP
United Kingdom
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