Hacking Documentaries

CODE 2600 documents the Info-Tech Age, told by the events and people who helped build and manipulate it. It explores the impact this new connectivity has on our ability to remain human while maintaining our personal privacy and security.

Hackers in Wonderland is a 2000 documentary film, produced and directed by Russell Barnes, about hackers in the United Kingdom.

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.

DEFCON is the world's largest hacking conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2012 it was held for the 20th time. The conference has strict no-filming policies, but for DEFCON 20, a documentary crew was allowed full access to the event. The film follows the four days of the conference, the events and people (attendees and staff), and covers history and philosophy behind DEFCON's success and unique experience.

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Global activists Snowden, Jonsdottir, and Lessig discuss democracy's future, their struggles, its fragility, and potential solutions in a candid conversation amidst Snowden's precarious situation.

Classified military footage released by WikiLeaks showing an attack by US military in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad. This callous attack left 12 dead including two Reuters staff. Two Iraqi children were also seriously injured.

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.

The story of the most wanted man online

A documentary about Germany's hacker group Chaos Computer Club.

A group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of himself killing kittens.

A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.

This timely portrait of 21st century activism follows Commander X, an iconic and divisive figure in the "hacktivist" network who spends his days dodging authorities across North America while surfing the web and surviving the streets.

A group of lonely teenagers formed an online community and bonded over their isolation, but their collective beliefs warped reality.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.

Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.

Many of us thought we were safe online and that the Internet provided a safe haven to share ideas and democratize information with the security of privacy. Guardians of the New World introduces us to the world of hacker culture.

Ripped from international headlines, The Hacker Wars takes you to the front lines of the high-stakes battle over the fate of the Internet, freedom and privacy.

A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.

A groundbreaking exploration into how mobile devices, virtual worlds, social media and the Internet are reshaping face-to face human interactions - for the good and the bad.

While Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, not every computer user is a fan of their products, or their way of doing business. While Microsoft's Windows became the most widely used operating system for personal computers in the world, many experts took issue with Microsoft's strict policies regarding licensing, ownership, distribution, and alteration of their software. The objections of many high-profile technology experts, most notably Richard Stallman, led to what has become known as "the Open Source Movement," which is centered on the belief that computer software should be free both in the economic and intellectual senses of the word. Eventually, one of Stallman's admirers, Linus Torvalds, created a new operating system called Linux, a freely distributed software which many programmers consider to be markedly superior to Windows. Revolution OS is a documentary that examines the genesis of the Open Source Movement, and explores and explains the technical and intellectual issues involved in a manner understandable to computer aficionados and non-techheads alike.