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Rip! A Remix Manifesto

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?

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CREDITS

Produced by
EyeSteelFilm in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada
Producer
Mila Aung-Thwin, Kat Baulu, Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Executive producer
Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Ravida Din, Sally Bochner
Cinematographer
Mark Ellam
Associate director
Mark Ellam
Editor
Tony Asimakopoulos, Brett Gaylor
Writer
Brett Gaylor
Director
Brett Gaylor
Associate producer
Brett Gaylor
Development producer
John Christou
Production manager
Halima Ouardiri, Daniela Broitman
Project administrator
Anuj Khosla
Business affairs
Bob Moore, John Christou
Additional camera
Zacharie Fay, Mila Aung-Thwin, Brett Gaylor, Stefan Hess, Robin McKenna, James Larden, Alec Matthewson, Barry Stone
Location sound
Brett Gaylor, Mila Aung-Thwin, Kyle Stanfield, Pablo Villegas, Richard Aylsworth
Original music
Olivier Alary
AWARDS

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