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Movie Night - The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Thu, March 5, 2026 7:00 PM

Movie Night - The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Join us for a screening of this film detailing the life of an amazing programmer, Aaron Swartz. Swartz helped create internet protocols like RSS and the social media site Reddit; much of the movie focuses on his information activism and the long legal battle he became entangled with before he took his own life at the age of 26. There will be time for discussion after the film.

'The Internet's Own Boy' movie review in The Washington Post

Review of "The Internet's Own Boy" in The Guardian

Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026

Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm 

Location: KL 397

Register here: https://ucm.edu/movie-march-5