Freedom Downtime (2001)

Directors

Emmanuel Goldstein

Cast

Sean Gullette, Ed Cummings, Emmanuel Goldstein, Mark Abene, Alexis Kasperavicius, Jeffrey Stanton, Lazlow Jones, Kevin Mitnick, Bruce Sterling, John Markoff, Deth Veggie

The story

The documentary was produced in response to the 2000 feature film Takedown, which dramatized the pursuit and arrest of Kevin Mitnick. Through interviews with hackers, journalists, attorneys, family members, and technology enthusiasts, Freedom Downtime presents an alternative perspective on Mitnick's prosecution and on the broader hacker community. The film follows a group of computer enthusiasts who travel across the United States criticizing aspects of Takedown and discussing what they viewed as inaccuracies in its portrayal of events.

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