“The Internet’s Own Boy”: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Chronicling the life and tragic death of computer wunderkind Aaron Swartz (1986-2013), “The Internet’s Own Boy” is a documentary that pulls the viewer into a life too brief and incredibly brilliant as we witness a young boy’s intellectual development as well as his emotionally opaque inner life. The testimony of those who deeply loved him and grieved over his untimely death at the age of 25 is sensitively and truthfully conveyed.
A master in software development (some would argue the computer programmer equivalent of the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking), Aaron...