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We Live in Public
We Live in Public is a 2009 documentary film by Ondi Timoner, which profiles Internet pioneer Josh Harris. Its theme is the loss of privacy in the Internet age.
Synopsis.
The film details the experiences of "the greatest Internet pioneer you've never heard of," Josh Harris. The dot-com millionaire founded Pseudo.com, the first Internet television network during the infamous tech boom of the late '90s. After achieving prominence amongst the Silicon Valley set, Harris became interested in controversial
Awards.
"We Live in Public" was screened six times at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival before being awarded the Grand Jury Prize award in the U.S. documentary category. Timoner is the first director in the Sundance Film Festival's history to win the Grand Jury Prize award twice. Her first win was for the widely acclaimed documentary, "DIG!" (2004).
"We Live In Public" was also the runner-up for Best Documentary at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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