Rabbit Hole - The Wikipedia Documentary
In a world where facts are increasingly under attack, a group of uniquely dedicated Wikipedia editors fight to uphold the internet’s last bastion of truth.
Rabbit Hole
Amid a confusing and divisive internet, RABBIT HOLE follows a collection of unlikely heroes maintaining the last good place online: Wikipedia.
The Wiki mission is under attack
Their mission - free access to knowledge - faces unwavering challenges as misleading AI, disinformation and rising authoritarianism erode the concept of fact. As greedy corporations and oppressive governments use information as a weapon, regular people find power in this community-driven encyclopedia.
The Wikipedians
From Mexico City to Paris, and Ukraine to South Korea, we meet Wikipedians on the frontlines of dispelling misinformation and accurately recording our most intensely debated realities.
Ukrainian editor Vyacheslav contributes to pages about Russia’s attacks while taking refuge in a bomb shelter. Wikipedia is the antidote to the feeling of powerlessness caused by the war.
When another editor, Ilyas, isn’t updating the page on reptiles native to Paris, they are cleaning up error-filled AI from Wikipedia. Ilyas constantly wrestles with the fact that this technology that fascinates them can also spread harmful disinformation.
After edit battles debating who was the fairly elected president of Venezuela in 2019, government officials doxxed and persecuted editors Oscar and Santiago, eventually leading them both to flee their homeland. Despite having to give up everything they knew, both agree they will be Wikipedians for life, no matter where they live.
Our Documentary
The film will visually feel like falling down an internet rabbit hole.
Computer desktop recordings use Wikipedia pages themselves as a visual transitional tool to connect the stories of our Wikipedians around the world. Mimicking the ways many of us wander through the web with search queries leading to unexpected destinations, both the online explorations and the characters’ stories weave together into an interconnected web of threats to information access globally.
The film is shot in 4K and has an estimated run-time of 70-85 minutes.
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