General Information

Author/Creator

Bernet, David, director.

Language

French, German, English.

Subtitles

English

Published

France ; Germany ; Belgium ; Italy : Doc & Film International, 2015.

Physical Description

HDD (100 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00005847

Contents/Summary

Summary

For two years, the 'Democracy' crew followed several key figures behind the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, a controversial issue among EU policymakers. The film starts in 2014 with the European Parliament approving the new regulation, and then leaps two years back to the start of the negotiations. Euro-MP Jan Philipp Albrecht is the German Green Party politician tasked with steering and overseeing the entire process. We see him talking with lobbyists and civil rights activists, joining fringe gatherings and debates, participating in think-tanks, talking with colleagues in the corridors of power, and reporting to EU Commissioner Viviane Reding. Often patient but sometimes visibly frustrated, he counters opponents’ arguments about a new regulation that met particularly intense resistance from big businesses working with large amounts of personal data. 'Democracy' probes the inner workings of Europe's legislative process in the context of the debate over data protection and privacy in the digital age.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 4123 (HU_OSA_00005847.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format