Barbershop punk : net neutrality, media consolidation and you / This End Up Films, LLC ; Monkü Power Incorporated ; in association with Evil Twin Productions ; written and directed by Georgia Sugimura Archer ; co-directed by Kristin Armfield ; produced by Georgia Sugimura Archer and Kristin Armfield.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Archer, Georgia Sugimura, 1964- producer, director.

Armfield, Kristin, director, producer.

MacKaye, Ian, interviewee.

Rollins, Henry, 1961- interviewee.

Garofalo, Janeane, interviewee.

Kulash, Damian, interviewee.

Perry, John, interviewee.

Sharp, Amy, director of photography.

Golub, Peter, composer.

This End Up Films, producer.

Monkü Power Incorporated, producer.

Evil Twin Productions, producer.

OK Go (Musical group), producer.

Bullfrog Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Access control--United States.

Internet.

Internet--Access control.

Network neutrality.

United States.

Network neutrality--United States.

Censorship.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2010]

Language Note:

SDH Captions.

System Details:

DVD; DVD-ROM.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

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"--Container.

Participant:

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.

Credits:

Director of photography, Amy Sharp ; editor and co-producers, Matt Kregor, Jose Pulido ; composer, Peter Golub.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1594588074

9781594588075

OCLC:

758651210