“Crowdsourcing” The WikiLeaks Film, Movie or Documentary?

One Million Strong (source @exiledsurfer aka Michael Parenti)

Crowdsourcing WikiLeaks: The Movie? With WikiLeaks moving to "crowdsource" the grass roots mining of cablegate documents (See #WLfind) the team at WikiLeaks-Movie.com is wondering whether or not crowdsourcing methods will be used to craft or fund a WikiLeaks movie, film or documentary? As anyone who tracks the WikiLeaks phenomenon knows there are many movies and films on the topic of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in development. Leading players in the movie business such as Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger, Rowan Joffe, Charles Ferguson, Mark Boal & Megan Ellison are all involved in the topic in some way or another. With such a crowded field some might wonder if there is room for another. However, crowdsourcing the development or funding of a WikiLeaks movie or film could open up a new avenue on this topic, decentralize the movie-making process, democratize the gathering of perspectives and allow new grassroots dimensions and viewpoints to emerge. Perhaps new "crowdsourced" fundraising channels will open up for grassroots organizations such as WikiLeaks or others involved in the "transparency movement.

WikiLeaks, Mass Cable Dump & Crowdsourcing to Mine State Department Cable “Gems”

WikiLeaks Cablegate

WikiLeaks, in concert with bold crowdsourcing tactics, has published thousands of cables in what is being called the “largest mass release” yet of US State Department Cables by the WikiLeaks organization founded by Julian Assange. This action was taken just after the development of a new Twitter account @WLFind and hashtag #WLfind to stimulate the crowdsourcing and mining of “gems” of data from the cables. Reuters journalist Mark Hosenball cites “A person in contact with Assange’s inner circle told Reuters the rationale behind the mass release of documents was dismay among WikiLeaks activists that media organizations had lost interest in publishing stories based on the material.”

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