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RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO

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Whistler
Monday November 23, 2009
Screening begins 18h30
Venue: Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler

Cinema Politica Whistler screens independent documentary films every Monday night in November and December at the Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre in Whistler. The films cover important socio-political, environmental, cultural and economic issues in Canada and worldwide. www.lunawhistler.com

Admission is by donation and is open to everyone. Facilitator-led discussions follow each screening. Doors open at 6:30PM, films begin at 7:00PM with discussion afterwards. Inspire the activist in you!

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

Explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century.

Brett Gaylor / Canada / 2008 / 85 min

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.

Which side of the ideas war are you on?

Trailer

Credits

Directed by
Brett Gaylor

Writing credits
Brett Gaylor screenplay

Produced by
Mila Aung-Thwin .... producer
Katherine Baulu .... producer
Sally Bochner .... executive producer
Daniel Cross .... executive producer
Ravida Din .... executive producer

Original Music by
Olivier Alary (original music by)

Cinematography by
Mark Ellam

Film Editing by
Tony Asimakopoulos
Brett Gaylor