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“Hilarious!”–Eye Weekly       “A crowd pleaser…entertaining!”–Variety

What is the internet, anyway? The idea probably makes you think of huge corporate sites like Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, and (gasp!) even MySpace. These giant, multi-billion dollar companies spend millions and employ tens of thousands of people worldwide in an effort to get your attention and money.

But did you know that there's a website run by only 22 people in an old Victorian in San Francisco that, despite never having paid a single penny in advertising,

  • Is responsible for billions of dollars of interpersonal commerce—more than any other stop on America's internet?
  • Provides the majority of housing and jobs for the nation's urban population?
  • Has hooked up more people than ALL other dating sites combined?
  • Has grown in web traffic 100% a year since it's creation over a decade ago?
  • Is 99.99% FREE to use and 100% FREE of banner adds, pop-ups or any other annoying internet advertising which you are probably seeing out of the corner of your eye at this very moment?

It's all true, and it's called www.craigslist.org.

Since Craig Newmark founded the site in 1995 simply to "help out, in a very small way" he has resisted an onslaught of advertising offers, multi-million-dollar buy outs and even the courtship of national TV shows and Hollywood studios. Now for the first time, for a single, random twenty-four hour period, he has opened up the list to an underground film crew to go behind the scenes and come face to face with some of the posters on the world's biggest "digital commons".

Ever wonder who that guy is who's selling women's army pants at 3:30 in the morning? Or who's REALLY posting on Missed Connections? Are the people behind all those 'personal' ads actually who they say they are? Take an unpredictable (and uncensored) ride for one day on the REAL internet, and find out!

The DVD contains a number of special features never seen before, including:
  • The making of 24 Hours on Craigslist
  • Interviews with craigslist's founder and CEO, Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster
  • DVD commentary from director Michael Ferris Gibson
  • Extended and deleted scenes from the film—See entire interviews
  • Over 3 hours of Bonus Materials!

 

“Fun and titillating …mesmerizing… this film is poignant.” – Wired News

“It’s an absolute blast… 24 HOURS ON CRAIGSLIST is the ultimate people zoo.” – FILM THREAT
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screenings so far:
city
theater
  amsterdam, netherlands cinerama 1
  arlington, va arlington drafthouse theater
  austin, tx alamo drafthouse theater
  austin, tx dobie theater
  boise, i d egyptian theater
  boulder, co boulder theater
  chicago, il gene siskel film center
  cleveland, oh cleveland museum of art
  honolulu, hi honolulu academy of art
  los angeles, ca laemmle theaters at fairfax 3
  los angeles, ca hammer museum
  montreal cinema duParc
  mountain view, ca Computer History Museum
  newport beach: regency lido theater
  new york, ny two boots pioneer theater
  oakland, ca parkway speakeasy
  oklahoma city, ok lit bar
  olympia, wa olympia film society at the capital theater
  portland, or clinton street theater
  san francisco, ca metreon theatre
  san francisco, ca red vic movie house
  san francisco, ca roxie cinema
  san francisco, ca women's building
  san jose, ca camera 12 cinemas
  san rafael, ca smith rafael theater
  toronto, canada bloor cinema
  vail cascade theater
  warsaw kinoteka theatre