The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Movie · Documentary · Biography

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz has his fingerprints all over the internet. He was integral to the development of the basic internet protocol RSS and co-founded the global social news and entertainment website Reddit. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and politics combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. The Internet's Own Boy is a personal story about what we lose when we ignore the implications of technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.

2014 · 1h 45m
  • 93%
Starring Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman, Cory Doctorow
Director Brian Knappenberger

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Cast & Crew

  • C‌C
    Cindy Cohn
    Self
  • G‌C
    Gabriella Coleman
    Self
  • Cory Doctorow
    Self
  • P‌E
    Peter Eckersley
    Self
  • B‌K
    Brewster Kahle
    Self
  • Lawrence Lessig
    Self
  • Z‌L
    Zoe Lofgren
    Self
  • C‌M
    Carl Malamud
    Self
  • Brian Knappenberger
    Director
  • C‌A
    Charles Annenberg Weingarten
    Producer
  • Zach Braff
    Producer

About

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Documentary

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz has his fingerprints all over the internet. He was integral to the development of the basic internet protocol RSS and co-founded the global social news and entertainment website Reddit. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and politics combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. The Internet's Own Boy is a personal story about what we lose when we ignore the implications of technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.

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Studio
Filmbuff
Released
2014
Run Time
1 hr 45 min
Rated
M Infrequent coarse language
Region of Origin
United States
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