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Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World

Directed by Ann Shin
Canada, 2002 (documentary, 47 minutes, colour, English)
Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada)

Film Description:
"Almost Real focuses on a few individuals for whom the Internet has become a lifeline, a way to connect with like-minded souls in surprising ways. The early promise of the Internet could never have predicted people like these: a cyber punk based on an anti-aircraft rig in the English Channel who operates the world's first rogue Web server, a monk developing 'wireless prayer technology,' and a 'gamer' who re-creates himself in an online game. Even traditional concepts of school, marriage and retirement are mutating: a disillusioned eight-year-old opts in favour of home-schooling, a retired couple moves into an Internet-controlled seniors' complex, and a recent divorcée exchanges vows online with a man she has never met. With insightful commentary by sci-fi writer William Gibson, virtual reality creator Jaron Lanier and 'post-national' writer Pico Iyer, Almost Real is a snapshot of the end of the first phase of the Internet—a far less utopian age than some had hoped."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by: Gerry Flahive, Louise Lore, Sylvia Sweeney
Cinematography: Michael Grippo
Film Editing: Sarah Bachinski
Music: Vincent Letellier
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
(sources)

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