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

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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 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... (Full plot summary below)

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

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Tim Berners-Lee
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Lawrence Lessig
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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 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. 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.

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The Hollywood Reporter - 9/10 by John DeForeAll but a must-see for anyone who knows enough to care about the way laws govern information transfer in the digital age, Brian Knappenberger's The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is an inspiring account of the life of, and an infuriating chronology of the persecution of, one of the Internet's most impressive prodigies.
Newcity - 9/10 by Ray PrideAt the time of the untimely suicide of twenty-six-year-old internet savant Aaron Swartz, I was blindsided by the loss, and on that day I compiled everything I could find in a blog entry.
The Playlist - 9/10 by Nikola GrozdanovicWhat it lacks in cinematic girth, it makes up for in factual appeal.
Movie Mezzanine - 9/10 by Andy Crump[Knappenberger] present [the factual complexities of Swartz's case] in sterling clarity, and without condescending to a less informed audience
Richard Roeper.com - 8/10 by Richard RoeperThis is a film that left me marveling at Swartz’s beautiful mind, and shaking my head at the insanity of the system he knew was badly fractured.
Columbus Alive - 8/10 by Brad Keefe"Both tragic and eye-opening. Go see it and get angry."
rec.arts.movies.reviews - 8/10 by Louis ProyectA brilliant and idealistic soul sacrificed at the altar of Barack Obama's war on intellectual and political transparency.
Common Sense Media - 8/10 by Amanda NojaderaDocu focuses on activist's passion for open acces to info.
Globe and Mail - 8/10 by Simon HouptDelivers a touching, morally outraged portrait that, in memory of Swartz, may inspire people to ask hard questions about how the new world is being shaped away from view, behind closed doors.
RogerEbert.com - 8/10 by Brian TallericoAaron Swartz’s story should make you furious. In an era when real criminals of our financial crisis ride limousines to dine with the President, our government overzealously tried to put a man behind bars for decades because he tried to better the world.

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