WEB // Michael Kleiman // USA // RT 83min
SAT 10/4 // Doors Open 2:30pm // Film starts @ 3:00
** This screening is free for New Media Interactive Ticket holders
(Ticket gets you in the Opening Night Party @ Lot45 MUST RSVP)
FILM SYNOPSIS:
Director Michael Kleiman follows Peruvian families living in remote regions as their children experience the One Laptop per Child program, gaining access to the Internet for the first time. WEB considers both the benefits and complications that arise from digital connections. Alongside the poignant and sometimes humorous local stories, Kleiman interviews leading thinkers on the Internet including author Clay Shirky, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales and One Laptop founder Nicholas Negroponte for an insightful look at our times.
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Michael is the co-director, co-producer, and editor of the documentary, The Last Survivor (2010), which won honors of Best Documentary and the Audience Award at the 2010 Oxford Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize in Documentary at the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival and the 2010 Indie Memphis Film Festival. In addition to his feature work, Kleiman has made a number of short films on international policy issues such as education, healthcare, and government transparency. In 2009, Michael was named a Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. State Department. He is currently a candidate for a Master’s Degree in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where is he a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership.
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