''Web'' is a 2013 documentary film directed by
Michael Kleiman.
The documentary follows several Peruvian families as they gain computer and Internet access for the first time through the
One Laptop per Child program. It also includes interviews with people such as author
Clay Shirky
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In 2017 he was appointed Vice Provost of Educational Technologies of New York University (NYU), aft ...
, Wikipedia's
Jimmy Wales
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,
Dennis Crowley
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Education
Crowley was born in Medway, Massachusetts to Mary Moraski Crowley and Dennis P Crowley. He ...
of
Foursquare
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,
Scott Heiferman
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Early life
Scott Heiferman was born in 1972 in Homewood, Illinois. Heiferman has four siblings. While atte ...
of
Meetup
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, and One Laptop founder
Nicholas Negroponte
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.
Kleiman spent ten months living in Peru, dividing his time in the towns of Antuyo in the mountains and
Palestina in the
Amazon rainforest
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.
References
2013 films
Documentary films about the Internet
2013 documentary films
One Laptop per Child
American documentary films
Films shot in Peru
Internet in South America
Articles containing video clips
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
English-language documentary films
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