We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

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  • Opened October 19, 2012 
  • 1 hr 33 min

  • In the last year, Anonymous has been associated with attacks or “raids” on hundred’s of targets. They’ve attacked the Motion Picture Association of America, the websites of Mastercard, Visa and Paypal for cutting off financial services to Wikileaks and – along with other hacktivist groups like Telecomix - loaded their weapons to help with the Arab Spring. They’ve hit corporate targets like Sony and cyber-security/intelligence firms like HBGary Federal. They have taken down police and government domains, compromised their servers, dumped files, seized millions of internal documents, and handed over private emails and passwords in an offensive they casually called “F*** the FBI Fridays.” Call it the year of the Hacktivist. We Are Legion takes us inside the culture and roots of Anonymous, a group that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. Full synopsis

  • Director: Brian Knappenberger
  • Genres: Documentary

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The Hollywood Reporter
| John DeFore

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

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Variety
| Eddie Cockrell

A cumulative feeling of urgency and you-are-there world-beating are key to the picture's seductive appeal, though lack of informed dissenting opinions reps an unfortunate editorial choice. Read full review

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The film is most illuminating in showing how democratic practice can still find a new voice and innovative means with each generation. The fascinating efforts of Anonymous can be messy, but so are many freedoms when asserted so boldly. Read full review

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Village Voice
| Michelle Orange

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

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