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In 1995, craigslist.org - a low-tech online bulletin board featuring personals, services and goods for sale or barter - is born, revolutionizing the notion of online community. By 2003, Craigslist is huge, spreading across 31 cities (including Toronto), and an idea is born with filmmaker Gibson: track 24 hours of posts, make contact with the "posters," and, of course, film them.
From an Ethel Merman drag queen searching for the perfect backup band, to a couple seeking the ideal rabbi for their marriage, Craigslist brings together the mundane and the sublime, the ridiculous and the profound. Culled from more than 160
In 1995, craigslist.org - a low-tech online bulletin board featuring personals, services and goods for sale or barter - is born, revolutionizing the notion of online community. By 2003, Craigslist is huge, spreading across 31 cities (including Toronto), and an idea is born with filmmaker Gibson: track 24 hours of posts, make contact with the "posters," and, of course, film them.
From an Ethel Merman drag queen searching for the perfect backup band, to a couple seeking the ideal rabbi for their marriage, Craigslist brings together the mundane and the sublime, the ridiculous and the profound. Culled from more than 160 hours of footage of more than 130 stories, 24 HOURS ON CRAIGSLIST (USA, 2004, 76 min) presents "a colourful human mosaic... [with] personalities as engaging as they are diverse," says Dennis Harvey of Variety.
With no advertising and only word-of-mouth promotion, Craigslist is truly a grassroots phenomenon. Following that lead, the filmmakers drew everything from the cast and crew to the soundtrack from postings on Craigslist itself. 24 HOURS ON CRAIGSLIST is, in the words of its director, "a film about a community done by community."
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Release date: 1 January 2004
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