THE INTERNET'S OWN BOY, the new documentary about internet hacktivist Aaron Swartz, just premiered at Sundance and we look at the film and talk about it with director Brian Knappenberger. We focus on the story behind the movie and give you the first look at it in this BYOD hosted by Ondi Timoner from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. FILM INFO: "The Internet's Own Boy," a new film by Brian Knappenberger, director of "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists," follows internet activist and programming pioneer Aaron Swartz from his teenage emergence on the internet scene and involvement in RSS and Reddit, to his increased interest in political advocacy and the controversial actions he allegedly took in downloading nearly four million academic articles from the online service JSTOR. The film explores Aaron's arrest, the prosecution's tactics in bringing the case to trial through the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the CFAA, and the impact a seemingly small hacking gesture had on Aaron's life and the possible future of information access on the internet. Director, Writer, Producer Brian Knappenberger has created numerous documentaries, commercials and feature films for the Sundance Channel, PBS FRONTLINE/World, The Travel Channel, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. He is also Executive Producer of the 23 part Bloomberg Television documentary series "Bloomberg Game Changers" which chronicles luminary figures like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and the Twitter and Google co-founders. His films have explored the changing politics and tensions in post 9/11 southern Afghanistan in "Life After War" along with abuses of power and freedom of speech issues with the killing of a journalist in Ukraine for "A Murder in Kyiv." Other documentary work has ranged from tracking the changing climate conditions in the Arctic, to how advanced technology is changing our physical bodies in his film "Into The Body." His work often centers on technology, its possibilities and the transformative effect it has on our lives, communication and culture. ADD'L LINKS: aaronswartzthedocumentary.com BYOD Full Episodes Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AYdKZlxsLM&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGdZbrANmO6kYPy8IQC0GiN_ BYOD Short Clips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdAFkOpZ3E&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGeu2DCf6Ouo7hTsA5QB2MAL http://www.youtube.com/theliptv https://www.facebook.com/BYODOC?directed_target_id=0 https://www.facebook.com/thelip.tv?ref=hl EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 00:01 The Internet's Own Boy, Trailer 02:10 Talking with Brian Knappenberger about The Internet's Own Boy.

• published: 23 Jan 2014
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