Truth in Numbers?
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Scott Glosserman Nic Hill |
| Produced by | Michael Ferris Gibson Scott Glosserman Nic Hill Gabriel London Zackary Rice Craig Shapiro |
| Music by | Jeff MacDonald |
| Cinematography | Eric Koretz John Murillo |
| Edited by | Madeleine Gavin Nic Hill John Murillo |
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| Distributed by | GlenEcho Entertainment |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $55,134 |
is a 2010 American documentary film that explores the history and cultural implications of the online, user-editable encyclopedia . The film considers the question of whether all individuals or just experts should be tasked with editing an encyclopedia.
The long-delayed film premiered at in Gdańsk in July 2010, and was screened at the Paley Center for Media in New York City in October 2010. It was shown as part of the Savannah Film Festival on November 3, 2010, at Savannah College of Art and Design's Trustees Theater. Truth in Numbers? received a mixed reception, with favorable commentary from author Ted Leonsis, in the AOL publication Urlesque, and coverage at the Savannah Film Festival by Carlos Serrano of District.
Eric Koretz served as director of photography; he joined the team during a shift in focus in January 2008. Koretz used a Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorder. He commented to industry publication Videography about the choice of technique, that due to the intensity of the production team's travel schedule tape format would not have been an option. He stated he preferred using P2 cards over the HDD-based format due to its superior reliability. During the editing process, Glen Echo Entertainment utilized eight Apple Macintosh computers with Intel processors, equipped with Apple's Final Cut Pro editing software.
The film was screened at the Paley Center for Media in New York City on October 20, 2010. It was shown in conjunction with the Robert M. Batscha University Seminar Series. The Paley Center screening included an online streaming broadcast—the first simultaneous film screening and panel question-and-answer for online and local audiences. The panel discussion was moderated by The New York Times journalist Noam Cohen, and featured both co-directors, in addition to representative Samuel Klein and at the British Museum Liam Wyatt. After the event, SnagFilms subsequently made the film available for free for six days to viewers in the United States.
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