Name: The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2014-06-27
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley, Lawrence Lessig

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz backdrop

2014·Documentary·1h 45m

7.1

★

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.

Directed by Brian Knappenberger

suicide

hacker

biography

based on true story

internet

news

free software

cyber actvism

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Aaron Swartz

Self

Tim Berners-Lee

Self

Cory Doctorow

Self

Lawrence Lessig

Self

Brewster Kahle

Self

Zoe Lofgren

Self

Crew

Brian Knappenberger

Director

Brian Knappenberger

Writer

Brian Knappenberger

Editor

Bryan Storkel

Editor

Brian Knappenberger

Director of Photography

Brian Knappenberger

Producer

Zach Braff

Executive Producer

Popular Reviews

30 reviews

Juan

8.0★ · 10/22/24

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

You literally ought to be asking yourself all the time: what is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now?...And if you are not working on that, why aren’t you?

Max FW

7.0★ · 05/27/24

Look at me over here losing masculine points by balling my eyes out. What a bitch.

LeonDeon

8.0★ · 07/08/21

I got extremely depressed watching this

Victoria Scifo

8.0★ · 11/05/20

I just. I don’t know how to feel. His legacy.

@home by myself

I just. I don’t know how to feel. His legacy.

@home by myself

Ori

9.0★ · 04/09/20

I feel like I would be a fraud if I use the free academic internet as much as I do, and not give this honestly moving film at least the four-and-a-half stars it completely deserves.