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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is a american film of genre Biography directed by Brian Knappenberger released in USA on 27 june 2014
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
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Add to a movie listThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is a 2014 American biographical documentary film written, directed, and produced by Brian Knappenberger. The film premiered in the US Documentary Competition program category at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014.
After its premiere at Sundance, Participant Media and FilmBuff acquired distribution rights of the film. The film was released to theatres and VOD on June 27, 2014, in United States. It will be followed by a broadcast television premiere on Participant's network Pivot in late 2014.
The film also played at the 2014 SXSW on March 15, 2014. It served as the opening film at the 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 24, 2014.
The film's UK premiere took place at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June 2014. In August 2014, the film was screened at the Barbican Centre in London as part of Wikimania 2014. The BBC also aired the film in January 2015 as part of its Storyville documentary brand.
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The film depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz.Comments
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