''Print the Legend'' is a 2014

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and

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focused on the

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revolution. It delves into the growth of the 3D printing industry, with focus on

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MakerBot MakerBot Industries, LLC is an American desktop 3D printer manufacturer company headquartered in New York City. It was founded in January 2009 by Bre Pettis, Adam Mayer, and Zach "Hoeken" Smith to build on the early progress of the RepRap Proje ...

and Formlabs, established companies

Stratasys Stratasys, Ltd. is an American-Israeli manufacturer of 3D printers, software, and materials for polymer additive manufacturing as well as 3D-printed parts on-demand. The company is incorporated in Israel. Engineers use Stratasys systems to model c ...

, PrintForm and

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, and figures of controversy in the industry such as

Cody Wilson Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American gun rights activist and crypto-anarchist. He is a founder and director of Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization that develops and publishes open source gun designs, so-calle ...

. The title of the film comes from the

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of the film '' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance''. A trailer for the film is available at the documentary's official website. It was filmed on

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Synopsis

''Print the Legend'' portrays some of the history and achievements of several 3D printing companies, including

, Formlabs,

, and

. The documentary also explores the relationship between the 3D printing industry and the gun rights advocacy movement.

, who is known for gun rights advocacy and specifically for promoting the 3D printing of guns, is interviewed extensively in the documentary. * Alan Cramer * David Cranor * Michael Curry * Malo Delarue *

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* Ian Ferguson * Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai * Martin Galese * Matthew Griffin * James Gunipero * Zach Hoeken * Luke Iseman * Annelise Jeske * Brad Kenney * Eric Klein * Cliff Kuang * Jenny Lawton * Natan Linder * Ira Liss * Alex Lobovsky * Larisa Lobovsky * Maxim Lobovsky * Marty Markowitz * Adam Mayer * Nathan Meyers * Jennifer Milne * Anthony Moschella * Will O'Brien * Jeff Osborn * Andrew Pelkey *

Bre Pettis Bre Pettis (born 1972/1973) is an American entrepreneur, video blogger and creative artist. Pettis is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of MakerBot Industries, a 3D printer company now owned by Stratasys. Early life and education Pet ...

* Chuck Pettis * Yoav Reches * Avi Reichental * David Reis *

Barry Schuler Barry Martin Schuler (born September 7, 1953) is an American Internet entrepreneur and former chairman and CEO of America Online Inc. He is best known for leading the AOL team that simplified the online service provider's user interface, making it ...

* Virginia White *

* Luke Winston

Festivals

Awards * Special Jury Recognition Award -

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(2014) * Special Jury Award - IFF Boston (2014)

References

External links

Official website
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