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Freedom Downtime

2001 · 121 min

A scrappy, earnest documentary that feels like a road trip through hacker subculture, mixing outrage at injustice with geeky camaraderie.

Overview
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • technology
  • rebellion
  • media
  • identity
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Emmanuel Goldstein
Starring
Sean Gullette, Mark Abene, Ed Cummings, Jeffrey Stanton, Alex Kasper, Lazlow Jones, Kevin Mitnick, John Markoff
Cinematography
Guy Gustafson, Michael Kaegler
Runtime
121 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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