The Wikipedia Promise

Original title: Das Wikipedia Versprechen – 20 Jahre Wissen für alle?

Duration: 52 min

Release date: 2021-01-03

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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?

Documentary History TV Movie

Das Wikipedia Versprechen – 20 Jahre Wissen für alle?

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as Self - Wikipedia Founder

as Self - Author

as Self - Wikipedia Founder

as Self - Wikipedian

as Self - Wikipedian

Dumisani Ndubane

Dumisani Ndubane

as Self - Wikipedian

as Self - Philosopher

Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester

as Self - Author

Katherine Maher

Katherine Maher

as Self - Wikimedia Foundation CEO

as Self - Journalist

as Self - Wikipedian

as Self - Wikipedian

as Self - Wikimedia Foundation Member

as Self - Wikipedia Admin

Ivonne González Núñez

Ivonne González Núñez

as Self - Wikipedian

Sverker Johansson

Sverker Johansson

as Self - Wikipedian

as Self - Wikipedian

as Self - Teacher (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Seigenthaler

John Seigenthaler

as Self - Journalist (archive footage)

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jan Böhmermann

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

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Production Manager

Arno Blumenstock

Arno Blumenstock

Production Design

Assistant Camera

Aksana Dijkstra

Aksana Dijkstra

Assistant Editor

Barbara Schmitz

Barbara Schmitz

Commissioning Editor

Lorenza Castella

Lorenza Castella

Lorenza Castella

Lorenza Castella

Jascha Hannover

Jascha Hannover

André Schäfer

Jascha Hannover

Jascha Hannover

Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima

Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima

Julia Schlingmann

Julia Schlingmann

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

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