What is "killswitch"

n. (alternative spelling of kill switch English)

Killswitch is a 2014 documentary film about the battle to control the Internet. The movie is a collaboration between director Ali Akbarzadeh, producer Jeffrey Horn, writer Christopher Dollar and Akorn Entertainment. It premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, where it won the James K. Lyons Award for Best Editing of a feature documentary and then made its international debut, playing alongside Citizenfour at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. In 2015, it screened on Capitol Hill, as well as film festivals on four continents (Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America). The tech world has been excited by democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig's role in the film. Kathy Gill of GeekWire writes that "Killswitch is much more than a dry recitation of technical history. Director Ali Akbarzadeh, producer Jeff Horn, and writer Christopher Dollar created a human centered story. A large part of that connection comes from Lessig and his relationship with Swartz." After a one-year film festival tour, Killswitch was finally released to the world on October 23, 2015. As of October 29, Killswitch has been downloaded and shared over 200 thousand times on BitTorrent Bundle and www.killswitchthefilm.com.