On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:13 PM, barri2009 <
barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll be reasonably free during my stay in NYC, where I'll be for about a week.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca Wexler <
rebecca.wexler@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:43:33
> To: Barrett Brown<
barriticus@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Documentary Film Telephone Pre-Interview?
>
> Hi Barrett,
>
> We spoke a few months ago about the film that I am producing
> about civil liberties and civil disobedience on the Internet. I read
> that you may be coming to the NY area. If so, I wonder if it might be
> possible to arrange to film an interview with you? I have been
> following your work over the past number of months and think you have
> been doing some fascinating things. I would love to have the
> opportunity to discuss them with you in person, and on camera. What
> is your schedule and availability over the upcoming weeks?
>
> Sincerely,
> Rebecca
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Rebecca Wexler
> <
rebecca.wexler@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow, I've started reading this and it looks very interesting. I'm
>> looking forward to reading it more carefully over the next couple of
>> days. Thanks for sending it, and thank you for taking the time to
>> speak with me yesterday. I very much appreciate the things you had to
>> say. I look forward to being in touch.
>>
>> Best,
>> Rebecca
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Romas/COIN
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Rebecca Wexler <
rebecca.wexler@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Great. How about tomorrow at 5?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Sure, you can give me a call at
512-560-2302.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Wexler, Rebecca
>>>> > <
r.wexler@yale.edu<mailto:
r.wexler@yale.edu>> wrote:
>>>> > Rebecca Wexler
>>>> > Information Society Project
>>>> > Yale Law School
>>>> > P.O. Box 208215
>>>> > New Haven, CT 06520
>>>> > Email
r.wexler@yale.edu<mailto:
r.wexler@yale.edu>
>>>> > Tel.
1 203 710 8562<tel:1%20203%20710%208562>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > 27 June 2011
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Dear Mr. Brown,
>>>> >
>>>> > My name is Rebecca Wexler. I am a documentary filmmaker and Fellow at
>>>> > the Yale University Law School Information Society Project where I teach
>>>> > visual advocacy. I am beginning work with Oscar-nominated PBS Frontline
>>>> > Producer/Director Helen Whitney on a documentary film about civil liberties
>>>> > and civil disobedience on the Internet.
>>>> >
>>>> > You may already be acquainted with Helens work. She has been making
>>>> > films for network television over the last thirty years. In the last decade,
>>>> > she has produced a series of PBS specials: John Paul II: the Millennial
>>>> > Pope, Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, and the four hour series, The
>>>> > Mormons. Her films have won Peabodys, DuPonts and Emmys. Most recently,
>>>> > Helen and I worked together completing a three hour PBS special,
>>>> > Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate, about forgiveness,
>>>> > transitional justice, and global reconciliation after genocide, which aired
>>>> > in April. That film introduced us to the ongoing risks of post-9/11 abuses
>>>> > of justice, and is an intimate part of our wanting to make this film about
>>>> > civil liberties and Internet governance. More specifically, I became
>>>> > particularly interested in Anonymous in December when I wrote this article
>>>> > about Operation Payback:
>>>> >
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/post-wiki-world-part-ii
>>>> >
>>>> > Ive read some of your interesting writing about Anonymous activities.
>>>> > While I understand that you are no longer directly associated with any
>>>> > Anonymous initiatives, I would like the opportunity to speak with you about
>>>> > your opinions about these actions and the recent LulzSec contributions.
>>>> > What are the possibilities, the limitations, and the symbolic complexities
>>>> > of using DDoS attacks and other technical exploits as forms of protest?
>>>> >
>>>> > On a somewhat unrelated note, Im also curious about the science &
>>>> > journalism project initiative of Project PM. After studying history and
>>>> > philosophy of science and becoming aware of some of the failures of the
>>>> > scientific press (
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18761279) I began
>>>> > working in doc film with the personal mission of creating better science and
>>>> > technology documentaries. One of my former mentors, Jon Beckwith at Harvard
>>>> > Medical School, is a longtime activist with Science for the People and
>>>> > runs an organization of scientists in the Boston area who work towards
>>>> > improving science content in media. Perhaps he would be interested in your
>>>> > initiative. In any case, I am curious to hear more about your work in this
>>>> > area as well.
>>>> >
>>>> > Might it be possible to arrange a phone conversation at your earliest
>>>> > possible convenience? I would like to conduct a telephone pre-interview
>>>> > with you, and discuss the possibility of your appearing in our film.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thank you very much for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Sincerely,
>>>> >
>>>> > Rebecca Wexler
>>>> > Fellow, Yale University Law School Information Society Project
>>>> > Producer/Director, Helen Whitney Productions
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > HELEN WHITNEY
>>>> > Producer and Director
>>>> > Helen Whitney has worked as a producer, director and writer for
>>>> > documentaries and feature films for over 30 years. Her documentary work has
>>>> > appeared on ABC's Closeup and on the PBS series, American Masters, Frontline
>>>> > and American Experience. Her documentaries have extended across a variety of
>>>> > subjects, among them: youth gangs, presidential candidates, the mentally
>>>> > ill, a Trappist Monastery, Pope John Paul II, the class structure of Great
>>>> > Britain, the aftershocks of 9/11, and the photographer Richard Avedon.
>>>> > Whitney's documentaries and features have received many honors, including an
>>>> > Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, an Oscar nomination, the Humanitas Award and
>>>> > the prestigious duPont-Columbia Journalism Award.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > REBECCA WEXLER
>>>> > Producer and Director
>>>> > Rebecca Wexler is a Fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society
>>>> > Project. She holds an M.Phil in history of science from Cambridge
>>>> > University (Gates-Cambridge Fellow) and a B.A. from Harvard College (summa
>>>> > cum laude). She has worked with filmmakers Richard Leacock, Alex Gibney,
>>>> > Ross McElwee, Robb Moss, Helen Whitney, and Michael Epstein on documentaries
>>>> > distributed by PBS/American Experience, PBS/WETA,HBO, VH1, and Verve. She
>>>> > has produced and directed documentaries for the Yale Art Gallery, La Maison
>>>> > Européenne de la Photographie, and the Long Wharf Theatre. She currently
>>>> > teaches a Yale Law School practicum on visual advocacy and the intersection
>>>> > of law and film.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > Barrett Brown
>>>> >
512-560-2302
>>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Barrett Brown
>>>
512-560-2302
>>>
>>
>