Genesis 2008–2010
What did the people who built it for nothing think it would do to the rest of us — and knowing what it became, what would they do differently?
A feature documentary on how our relationship with money changed forever.
Launching on Kickstarter on 6 October at 10:00 CEST
Nobody taught us what economic freedom could be. We learned from the people who went first — teenagers, evangelists, developers, fugitives, believers. Some freed people. Some robbed them. Most were trying to teach a lesson they hadn't finished learning themselves.
21 is what they taught us, and what it cost them.
What did the people who built it for nothing think it would do to the rest of us — and knowing what it became, what would they do differently?
What did it mean to be part of this nascent war, and why were people willing to be arrested for it?
If code is not law, then what is — and who gets to decide?
Who was building the doors the institutions would walk through?
What really lasted, and what really died?
What did the rest of us keep from all this — and who is still paying for it?
Meetup videos, conferences filmed in hotel function rooms, forum screenshots, photos, letters. This film is made from what people kept.
Send us what you kept