WEB

By Michael KLEIMAN

RIGHTEOUS PICTURES - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2013

As children in some of the most remote parts of the world connect to the Internet for the first time, Web considers the impact of global connectivity on all of our lives.

Festivals
& Awards

Miami IFF 2014
Doc-You-Up
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA, PERU
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, SPANISH
    • Director(s)
    • Michael KLEIMAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Michael PERTNOY (Righteous Pictures), Michael KLEIMAN (Righteous Pictures), Kevin IWASHINA (Preferred Content)
    • Synopsis
    • Web follows Peruvian families living in remote villages in the Amazon Jungle and Andes Mountains as their children experience the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, gaining access to the Internet for the first time. Web considers both the benefits and complications that arise from digital connections. Alongside the poignant and sometimes humorous local stories, the film includes interviews with leading thinkers on the Internet including Foursquare Founder Dennis Crowley, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales and OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte for an insightful look at our times.