The Wikipedia Promise (2021)
January 3, 2021
Documentary, History, TV Movie
52m
![Poster for The Wikipedia Promise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uwosgu75CF9pPtje8EwFKSWNitI.jpg)
![Backdrop for The Wikipedia Promise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iT1O0ZSPoYHe4zZvEEPqvooy4mE.jpg)
In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of knowledge, monopolized by the elites for centuries. But is Wikipedia really a utopia come true?
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Lorenza Castella
- Self - Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
- Self - Politician (archive footage) John F. Kennedy
- Self - Journalist (archive footage) John Seigenthaler
- Self - Politician (archive footage) Nelson Mandela
- Self - TV Host (archive footage) Jan Böhmermann
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Keywords
- interview
- encyclopedia
- racial prejudice
- censorship
- internet culture
- social history
- knowledge
- philanthropy
- social change
- internet history
- altering history
- altruism
- internet troll
- social & cultural documentary
- media bias
- case study
- cultural preservation
- history and legacy
- documentary
- wikipedia
- historical documentary