Brett Gaylor
2008
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?
CREDITS
Winner of over 20 International Awards, including 6 Audience Choice Awards
New Media Film Festival Award Best Documentary
Audience Award for Best International Documentary Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival
Dioraphte Audience Award IDFA
Cinema Eye Honors Award Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Jury's Special Mention Festival du nouveau cinéma
Honorable Mention EBS International Documentary Festival
Nominee Best Feature Length Documentary Genie Awards
Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Nominee Best Feature Eastern Oregon Film Festival