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A History of the World According to Getty ImageA History of the World According to Getty Image

A History of the World According to Getty Image

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This film is available to stream worldwide.

Content advisory notice

Film contains some themes relating to violence

This film will be playing at the AoDR 2024 Festival between the 5th – 21st January, 2024.

This film was selected at the AoDR 2024 Festival, and was available between the 5th - 21st January, 2024.

Year

2022

Duration

19 minutes

Director(s)

Richard Misek

Writer(s)

Richard Misek

Description

How can something in the public domain not be publicly available? A critical investigation of public domain (a legal term that has nothing to do with free access or public availability) that uses powerhouse commercial archive Getty Images as its example. If the world’s visual history remains locked behind a paywall, who will ever see it?