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Web Made Movies is part of Mozilla’s effort to protect the Internet; by highlighting the heroes and stories of the open web, we aim to engage everyday citizens in a dialogue about what kind of future they imagine for this vital global resource.  
Web Made Movies is part of Mozilla’s effort to protect the Internet; by highlighting the heroes and stories of the open web, we aim to engage everyday citizens in a dialogue about what kind of future they imagine for this vital global resource.  


'''Now tell us more about the project and what/who would be in it - 800 words max please''' (Please add to this--500 words may be added here)
'''Now tell us more about the project and what/who would be in it - 800 words max please''' (Brett, you can add an additional 500 words to what is written below, currently at 300 words)


Is the future of the web open? Or will it transform into a closed platform built to serve a powerful few? Web Made Movies will document the people and projects whose everyday efforts are building the Internet that the world wants. From a young engineer who wants to launch a satellite into space to provide free Internet for the planet, to the engineers who are using the Internet to open source the auto industry – from the Iranian Twitter Revolution to the Do It Yourself telephone companies in South African townships, the free Internet is being built everyday by the citizens of the world.
Is the future of the web open? Or will it transform into a closed platform built to serve a powerful few? Web Made Movies will document the people and projects whose everyday efforts are building the Internet that the world wants. From a young engineer who wants to launch a satellite into space to provide free Internet for the planet, to the engineers who are using the Internet to open source the auto industry – from the Iranian Twitter Revolution to the Do It Yourself telephone companies in South African townships, the free Internet is being built everyday by the citizens of the world.
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