At 14, he was a co-developer of the RSS feed format, and at 19, he helped establish Reddit. Throughout, his penchant for social activism and open access was as pronounced as his coding skills, and the prospect of prison for his hacking of academic journal sites drove him to suicide at 26. The short and remarkable life of Aaron Swartz receives an absorbing chronicle in this documentary effort. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailer.
At 14, he was a co-developer of the RSS feed format, and at 19, he helped establish Reddit. Throughout, his penchant for social activism and open access was as pronounced as his coding skills, and the prospect of prison for his hacking of academic journal sites drove him to suicide at 26. The short and remarkable life of Aaron Swartz receives an absorbing chronicle in this documentary effort. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailer.
