Brian Knappenberger is a writer, director and documentary filmmaker. He's done numerous investigative documentaries and feature films for PBS Frontline, National Geographic, Bloomberg Television and the Discovery Channel. His previous works include "Life After War," "A Murder in Kyiv," and his most recent "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists." What it's about: "The story of programming prodigy turned activist Aaron Swartz and his unrelenting legal battle with the federal government, a battle that lead to the taking of his own life at the age of 26." What it's really about: "Information access, why it matters, and the fear a networked world has instilled in existing power structures. In the past few years we have seen a dramatic legal crackdown on whistleblowers, activists, leakers and journalists. To me, Aaron's story is both a poignant, inspiring chronology of internet history and a gut-wrenching personal tale of the consequences...
- 1/16/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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