Black Code Where Big Data Meets Big Brother
This documentary examines how governments are manipulating the Internet to control their citizens, creating challenges to our ideas of citizenship, privacy, and democracy.
Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"BLACK CODE pulls back the curtain of awful government intrusion in very immediate terms. Genuinely terrifying, because these things are happening to regular citizens all over the world, it comes from the heart and seeks ways to end this madness." - Bobby LePire, Film Threat
"... An impressively rich film, presenting a sea of information." - Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film
Running Time
89 mins
Year
2016
Kanopy ID
4135668
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