"Rewind" is an animated video made for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) about a scientist in a dystopian reality who modifies the code of a program, leading to a groundbreaking discovery. But in our world, which is dominated by proprietary software, would she have the freedom she needs to make a difference?

This video, along with ShoeTool and The University of Costumed Heroes, is part of a series of animated shorts created for the FSF. Rewind is themed around collaboration, and the importance of freedom for progress.

Proprietary software holds us back from effecting change. The video reflects on lifesaving scientific discoveries, but any field or profession suffers similar consequences when our freedoms are limited. As the FSF celebrates thirty-five years of advancing and protecting user freedom this week, it is only fitting that we release a video that visually conveys a key reason why our mission is so important.

Mirrored from: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/watch-and-share-rewind-to-help-explain-free-software

Video credits:

Rewind was created for the Free Software Foundation Length: 02:19 Producer & Director: Brad Burkhart Story: Francesco V. Staluppi Animator: Zygis Luksas Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc., licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.