[okfn-discuss] Documentary film(s)?

Thu May 31 17:57:35 UTC 2012

As an example of a good TED talk related to open data, take a look at:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_heywood_the_big_idea_my_brother_inspired.html

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Alex Averbuch <alex.averbuch at gmail.com>wrote:

> First of all, big thanks for all the feedback!
> I'm still searching open data documentaries, but below is a summarized
> list of the content I've found (films I was suggested here, films I was
> suggested by others, and films I already knew about) so far:
>
> *******************************
> *** Intellectual Property ***
> *******************************
>
> Documentaries (I actually arrived at Open Data via investigating the
> Intellectual Property topic, so I had this list already):
>
>   -  Good Copy Bad Copy (http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/)
>
>   -  Steal This Film 1 & 2 (http://www.stealthisfilm.com)
>
>   -  Rip It: A Remix Manifesto (http://ripremix.com/)
>
> ***********************************
> *** Open Data (and related) ***
> ***********************************
>
> Projects & Short Videos:
>
>   -  Open Government Partnership (
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq_ZWl1ZXA0&feature=player_embedded)
>
>   -  Open Government Data (http://opengovernmentdata.org/)
>
>   -  TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012: Government Innovation (
> http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-ny-2012/sound-bites/?snapid=31018)
>
>   -  RFID F2F Project: food traceability (
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmvHohm3SYA)
>
>   -  Fields of Gold: Lifting the Veil on Europe's Farm Subsidies (
> http://farmsubsidy.org/)
>
>   -  Journalism in the age of data (http://datajournalism.stanford.edu/)
>
>   -  Or... just search for "OPEN DATA" on www.ted.com
>
> Documentaries:
>
>   -  My Identity is Open (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zP__vc_68I)
>
>   -  Us Now (http://watch.usnowfilm.com/)
>
>   -  All watched over by machines of loving grace - 3 part TV mini-series (
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011lvb9/episodes/guide)
>
> Other Resources:
>
>   -  Andrew Mackenzie's (@DJSoup) Blog (
> http://take21.org/blog/?page_id=1787)
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> A big +1 to Becky and David's suggestions of "Us Now" - really great film
>> re: community-sourced collaborative projects.
>>
>> Also, "Rip It: A Remix Manifesto"[1] is at least tangentially related
>> (focused on copyright laws around mashup medias, and existing public
>> campaigns for the open redistribution of cultural archives) and is
>> available online for free. In a similar vein, "Steal This Film" is a (quite
>> biased, yet still interesting) discussion about the "battles between old
>> and new forms of distribution" and re-use, especially in the case of the
>> Pirate Bay [2].
>>
>> Lastly, a shorter film making a case for "Open Data in Transit" by some
>> folks from OpenPlans in the US [3].
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> Kat
>>
>> [1] http://ripremix.com/
>> [2] http://www.stealthisfilm.com/Part2/
>> [3] http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:57 AM, david osimo <david.osimo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 2 things:
>>> - Us Now, the movie http://watch.usnowfilm.com/
>>> - Open Gov Partnership video
>>> http://daa.ec.europa.eu/inspiring_videos/display/24770
>>> best
>>> david
>>>   *
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>>>
>>> On 30 May 2012, at 10:47, Javier Creus wrote:
>>>
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> only thing I can think about is a short 6 minute video included in
>>> http://farmsubsidy.org/
>>>
>>> an open data journalism project about subsidies to agriculture in the ue
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> javier
>>>
>>> 2012/5/29 Alex Averbuch <alex.averbuch at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I'm a member of the Stockholm Cinema Politica group (
>>>> http://www.cinemapolitica.org/stockholm) - we organize free screenings
>>>> of independent political films to the student body of Stockholm University,
>>>> as well as the greater Stockholm community.
>>>> For an upcoming screening we'd like to show a documentary about "Open
>>>> (transparent) Government", or "Open Data" in general, but we haven't been
>>>> able to find anything yet.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend any documentaries that address these topics?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Alex
>>>>
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