The Wikipedia Promise

52m

Documentary History TV Movie

6.7

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?

Cast

Self - Wikipedia Founder

Self - Wikipedia Founder

Self - Wikipedian

Self - Wikipedian

Dumisani Ndubane

Self - Wikipedian

Self - Philosopher

Simon Winchester

Katherine Maher

Self - Wikimedia Foundation CEO

Self - Journalist

Self - Wikipedian

Self - Wikipedian

Self - Wikimedia Foundation Member

Self - Wikipedia Admin

Ivonne González Núñez

Self - Wikipedian

Sverker Johansson

Self - Wikipedian

Self - Wikipedian

Self - Teacher (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Seigenthaler

Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jan Böhmermann

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Crew

Lorenza Castella

Director, Writer

Jascha Hannover

Director, Writer

Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima

Aksana Dijkstra

Assistant Editor

Julia Schlingmann

Director of Photography

Barbara Schmitz

Commissioning Editor

André Schäfer

Arno Blumenstock

Production Design

Assistant Camera

Original Music Composer

Production Manager