We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

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We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

2012

1h 33m

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Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger documents the inner workings and beliefs of the hacking group Anonymous.

Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

The film is most illuminating in showing how democratic practice can still find a new voice and innovative means with each generation.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 18, 2012

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Michelle Orange

Village Voice

Former Frontline producer Brian Knappenberger's fascinating, incisive social history of the online network known as Anonymous ...

Oct 16, 2012

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John DeFore

Hollywood Reporter

Strong, entertaining portrait of a hard-to-pin-down online phenomenon.

Oct 16, 2012

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

I found myself inspired and smiling at the end of this film, having entered a secret world that I never knew anything about and walking away better informed and highly entertained.

Mar 31, 2020

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Brent Simon

Shared Darkness

A wildly engaging documentary that not only details the exploits of Anonymous, but also delves substantively inside the roots and culture of the group.

Rated: A-

Feb 10, 2013

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Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)

There's no genuine discussion by anyone of tactics, ideology and ethics. Even arrogantly reframes the overthrow of Mubarak as an Anonymous-fuelled uprising. Aren't-we-f***in'-awesome! hubris bubbles out of the legion of remarkably inarticulate interviews.

Nov 22, 2012

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𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐲 ?

ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕪𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝. 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕡𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝔻𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕌𝕡𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕤, ℍ𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒, 𝕗𝕚𝕩𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖. 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖. ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝐉𝐁𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: 𝔾𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕝: 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐣𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐲𝟔𝟎𝟔@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 +𝟒𝟒 𝟕𝟒𝟓𝟔 𝟎𝟓𝟖𝟔𝟐𝟎 . 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕞𝕖. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 %𝟙𝟘𝟘 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Timothy w

𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐁𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬; 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐩𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐔𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬, 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐣𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐲𝟔𝟎𝟔@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 +𝟒𝟒 𝟕𝟒𝟓𝟔 𝟎𝟓𝟖𝟔𝟐𝟎

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/26/24

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Audience Member

A must-see if you are interested in hacking, social engineering, societal change -- and funny mayhem.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Very poor. Soft campaign film for stoned teenagers. No insight into movement's wider place in world.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

great documentary.if by any chance you're thinking that anonymous is just a bunch of teens crying for attention,think again...this is a good source of information about hackers and how they are a part (good and bad) in our society.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Very informative, but not sure how bias the documentary is, of course this is aimed at the Hacktivist part of Anonymous and less so on other areas of Anonymous' activity good or bad.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger documents the inner workings and beliefs of the hacking group Anonymous.

Director: Brian Knappenberger
Producer: Brian Knappenberger
Screenwriter: Brian Knappenberger
Production Co: Luminant Media
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m