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RiP: A Remix Manifesto
Brett Gaylor
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Run time: 80 min. | Canada | Language: English
In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.

A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.
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9:30 PM     Sun, Mar 15 Austin Convention Ctr + add to cal
6:30 PM     Thu, Mar 19 Alamo Ritz 1 + add to cal
12:00 PM     Sat, Mar 21 Alamo Ritz 1 + add to cal
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Brett Gaylor
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Brett Gaylor
 
cinematographer
Mark Ellam
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Mark Ellam
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Fantastic film on a difficult subject. I could have done with a little less of the Mouse Liberation Front and a little more on the actual hypocrisy/history of copyright, but I suppose I can always remix that version myself! Cheers to Gaylor for his project -- and for a fantastic film. I hope it is seen far and wide.
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