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

Name: The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Director: Brian Knappenberger
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2014-06-27
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.881
Cast: Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley, Lawrence Lessig

2014

1h 45m

Documentary Crime

Director: Brian Knappenberger

Writer: Brian Knappenberger

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Overview

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.