The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, THE INTERNETS OWN BOY, screens next Saturday, October 18 at 4:45pm with director Brian Knappenberger in person to receive the Kirby Dick Humanitarian Award, which will be presented by Oscar-nominated director Kirby Dick during a post-film discussion. From Swartzs 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 Swartzs groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing 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. Aarons 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.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 03:00:01 +0000
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