Wikipedia and the Democratisation of Knowledge

Wikipedia and the Democratization of Knowledge is a German documentary film by the directors Lorenza Castella and Jascha Hannover. Released on January 5, 2021, for the WDR in cooperation with Arte. Synopsis The film takes a look at the twenty-year history of Wikipedia. The development from the forerunner Nupedia to the start of the project in 2001 and up to 2020, in which Wikipedia has developed into by far the largest encyclopedia of all time with over 50 million articles in many languages, is shown. In addition to the founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, authors from Germany, France, Ghana, South Africa, the United States and other countries discuss their thoughts on the project. Both successes and critical aspects of the project are discussed. The influence exerted by politicians, states and companies, and the limited representation of women's biographies and topics from Africa or Asia articles are topics in the film.