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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Directed by | Emmanuel Goldstein |
| Produced by | Emmanuel Goldstein |
| Narrated by | Emmanuel Goldstein |
| Cinematography | Brian Newman Guy Gustafson Michael Kaegler |
| Edited by | Michael Kaegler |
| Music by | Theta Wave State, others |
| Distributed by | 2600 Magazine |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Freedom Downtime is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Emmanuel Goldstein and produced by 2600 Films. The film examines the prosecution and imprisonment of Kevin Mitnick, the Free Kevin movement, and public perceptions of hacker culture.[1]
The documentary was produced in response to the 2000 feature film Takedown, which dramatized the pursuit and arrest of Kevin Mitnick. Through interviews with hackers, journalists, attorneys, family members, and technology enthusiasts, Freedom Downtime presents an alternative perspective on Mitnick's prosecution and on the broader hacker community.
The film follows a group of computer enthusiasts who travel across the United States criticizing aspects of Takedown and discussing what they viewed as inaccuracies in its portrayal of events. It also explores the treatment of computer-crime defendants within the criminal justice system and profiles several individuals associated with hacker culture.
Interview subjects include Phiber Optik (Mark Abene), Bernie S (Ed Cummings), Lewis De Payne, Alex Kasper, Kevin Mitnick, and Emmanuel Goldstein. The film also features footage from the DEF CON and Hackers on Planet Earth conferences.
The documentary includes interviews with the authors of Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Katie Hafner and John Markoff.[2] The film contrasts their perspectives on Mitnick's case, while also featuring interviews with Mitnick's grandmother Reba Vartanian, attorneys, friends, and technology activists.
The film premiered at H2K, the 2000 Hackers on Planet Earth conference. It subsequently received a limited independent theatrical release and was screened at film festivals. One documented screening took place at Vancouver's Blinding Light Cinema in March 2003.[3]
The film was initially distributed on VHS through the 2600 website.
A two-disc DVD edition was released in June 2004. The release included approximately three hours of additional footage, a January 2003 interview with Kevin Mitnick, multilingual subtitles created by volunteers, and several hidden features.[4]
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Freedom Downtime is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Emmanuel Goldstein and produced by 2600 Films. The film examines the prosecution and imprisonment of Kevin Mitnick, the Free Kevin movement, and public perceptions of hacker culture.
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first science-fiction story, "Man-Made Self", was sold in 1976. He is the author of science-fiction novels, including Schismatrix (1985), Islands in the Net (1988), and Heavy Weather (1994). In 1992, he published his first non-fiction book, The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. He has been interviewed for documentaries such as Freedom Downtime, TechnoCalyps and Traceroute.
Bernie S. (born Edward Cummings) is a computer hacker living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a regular panelist on the WBAI radio show Off the Hook. In 2001 he appeared in Freedom Downtime, a documentary produced by 2600 Films.
Downtime is a 1995 direct-to-video spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was produced by the independent production company Reeltime Pictures. It is a sequel to the Second Doctor serials The Abominable Snowmen (1967) and The Web of Fear (1968). Downtime stars Nicholas Courtney, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling and Elisabeth Sladen reprising their roles as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Victoria Waterfield, Professor Edward Travers and Sarah Jane Smith, respectively. It introduces the character of Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. The film received overall mixed reviews from critics, but was successful enough to get a sequel, Dæmos Rising, in 2004.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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