| Description |
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Amy Sharp ; editor and co-producers, Matt Kregor, Jose Pulido ; composer, Peter Golub. |
| Note |
Featuring: Ian MacKaye; Henry Rollins; Janeane Garofalo; Damian Kulash (of OK Go); John Perry Barlow; Jim Ladd; The Christian Coalition; NARAL: The FCC; Robb Topolski. |
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Special features: "bleeped" version of film, six extended interviews, legal resources (on DVD-ROM portion of disc), media consolidation graphs, video of band "OK Go" on Capitol Hill. |
| Summary |
When Robb Topolski set out to share his collection of rare, turn-of-the-century barbershop quartet recordings over the internet, he found his uploads were blocked by his service provider, the nation's largest cable company, Comcast. From this seemingly innocuous beginning, the surprising events of BARBERSHOP PUNK unfold as Topolski's findings go public, casting him as a wry David against a corporate Goliath in a battle over how the First Amendment should function in the internet age. Inter-woven with the struggles of the Topolski family are FCC hearings on net neutrality, and discussions with politicians, musicians, critics and open Internet advocates-from the Christian Coalition to NARAL-who are striving to keep the Internet accessible to everyone. |
| Language |
SDH Captions. |
| Subject |
Internet -- Access control -- United States.
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Internet -- Access control. |
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United States. |
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Network neutrality -- United States.
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Network neutrality. |
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Censorship.
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Censorship. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Censorship. |
| Added Author |
Archer, Georgia Sugimura, 1964-
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Armfield, Kristin.
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Sharp, Amy.
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Golub, Peter.
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This End Up Films, LLC.
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Bullfrog Films.
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Monkü Power Incorporated.
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Evil Twin Productions.
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OK Go (Musical group)
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