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Sundance Film Forward: The Internet's Own Boy

When

Tuesday June 16, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street

Description

The U-M Library, in conjunction with Sundance Film Forward, presents The Internet's Own Boy. The film chronicles the story of programming prodigy and information-access activist Aaron Swartz, who forever left his imprint on the Internet with his development of the basic Internet protocol RSS, his co-founding of Reddit, and his open-access activism, which eventually ensnared him in a two-year legal battle that ended with his taking his life. The documentary is a personal story that shines a light on what we lose when we are tone deaf to technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Brian Knappenberger. This program is co-sponsored by The U-M Library, Sundance Film Forward, and the Ann Arbor District Library.

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