DEFCON: The Documentary is Released
August 6, 2013 5:56 PM   Subscribe

DEFCON: The Documentary is Released
In February of 2012, I was in Helsinki traveling with Rachel Lovinger when I was contacted by long time goon Russ Rogers. His question was simple: since DEFCON was coming up on the 20th anniversary, and I had been both an attendee and director of several technology-based documentaries, would I be interested in doing a documentary on DEFCON and its 20th year? I said I needed to think about it, but I really didn't have to think that long. A year and a half later, I put the finishing touches on a two hour movie and an hour of bonus footage, having spent the previous 18 months planning, shooting, organizing, editing, and just generally living this movie day in and day out. While we weren't able to cover every last aspect of DEFCON (and who really could?) I think you'll find there's something for everyone in the movie. It was done out of love And respect for this incredible event, I hope it brings a whole new appreciation of the special event DEFCON has every year.

To see the film online, you can either download the offical torrent, see it on YouTube or Vimeo or the Internet Archive. There are a couple re-compressed versions on The Pirate Bay, but they're all smaller resolution - you might as well enjoy the HD versions if you have a choice. And, of course, it's a sold product - the official vendor is Hacker Stickers and the page to order them is here.

Enjoy the movie!
Role: Director
posted by jscott (3 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
This project was posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief on August 10, 2013: DEFCON: The Documentary, a record of the 20th annual conference

Heh... 40 seconds in and... people I know!
posted by smcameron at 7:07 PM on August 6, 2013


jscott: great job on this! the hard work paid off...
posted by el io at 9:30 PM on August 9, 2013


awesome, congrats!
posted by rottytooth at 10:02 AM on August 15, 2013


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