The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
- Original title
- The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
- Year
- 2014
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Aaron Swartz
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Cindy Cohn
- Gabriella Coleman
- Cory Doctorow
- Peter Eckersley
- Brewster Kahle
- Lawrence Lessig
- Zoe Lofgren
- Carl Malamud
- Quinn Norton
- Tim O'Reilly
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Biography. Computers / Internet. True Crime
- Synopsis
- As a teenager, Aaron Swartz was a computer-programming prodigy with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After emerging as a pioneer of Internet activism, education, and politics, he was indicted on multiple federal charges in 2011 and 2012, setting off a complex chain of events that left the Internet community reeling. Shortly thereafter, at the age of 26, Swartz was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Brooklyn apartment. His family, friends, and supporters immediately blamed the prosecutors of the case, who aimed to put him in jail for 35 years and brand him a convicted felon for life. Swartz was persecuted for the very rights and freedoms for which he stood, and that ultimately broke him.
- Awards
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2014: Sundance Film Festival: U.S. Documentary Competition2014: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Documentary Screenplay
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