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- screenwriter, film director, film producer.

Armfield, Kristin, film producer, film director.

This End Up Films.

Bullfrog Films.

Monkü Power Incorporated.

Evil Twin Productions.

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.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (77 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Net neutrality, media consolidation and you

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2011]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

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.

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:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: This End Up Films, LLC, c2010.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 4, 2015).

Publisher Number:

bf-bpunk Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.