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Season 1 – The Anarchists

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A community of anarchists emigrate to Acapulco, Mexico, to evade the powers of nations and banks, but as the movement grows, the collective pursuit for a stateless life is derailed by wealth, conflict, drugs and murder.
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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune 07/12/2022
2/4
A lot of “The Anarchists” is plain sad; some of it hits hard. But a lot of it wanders and reiterates and generally feels like a first-draft warmup for a fictionalized two-hour version... Go to Full Review Judy Berman TIME Magazine 07/12/2022
[A] messily made but often fascinating documentary series... Go to Full Review Melanie McFarland Salon.com 07/11/2022
Untangling and organizing these narratives requires a certain amount of discipline... But Schramke's ability to wrangle all of these narratives into a coherent form proves to be sporadic and limited at best. Go to Full Review Michael Frank The Spool 08/16/2022
The Anarchists suffers and drudges its way through a story that fares better as a news story than a six-part docuseries. Go to Full Review Joel Keller Decider 07/12/2022
That's what we're looking forward to seeing on The Anarchists. Not so much comeuppance, but just a view from folks like Berwick or the Freemans that there is no ideal society, as much as they tried to engineer one through Anarchapalooza. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nicholas G 12/03/2024 This documentary should be renamed “right wing libertarians” because these are not anarchists. It’s frustrating that this term has been co-opted and that HBO would rubber stamp this erroneous title. Do yourself a favor and don’t expect any intellectual enlightenment or deep philosophical discourse in this documentary. See more claire f 09/05/2022 Fascinating. We humans will fall for anything. See more Jerad W @JeraBear 07/24/2022 I have an honest question: I spent the better portion of my afternoon typing out an honest review of this Show (The 'Anarchists').........and you guys at RT have still not posted it: WHY are you only posting certain peoples reviews & not others? Is this Selective Review Posting -or- just simple Censorship? Do we need to do a Youtube Video / Exposé on this ongoing issue? (This is the 5th or 6th time this has happened in the past few months) See more 07/20/2022 An attempt to pass off far-Right conspiracy theorists, cryptocurrency business owners, and Libertarians as 'anarchists' in a country known for autonomous anti-capitalist movements - succeeds only in generating crypto-cringe. The director is also a right-wing hipster close to the movement. Glad he got to cash in on someone getting murdered, sure Murray would be proud. See more 07/18/2022 This is not Anarchism in any way whatsoever. This is just American liberatarianism co-opting the name anarchism. The documentary should have been titled "The Libertarians". See more 07/18/2022 I was immediately disappointed and turned off by the language used around the children and the immature actions of the adults. As I see it, if you think burning books is the way to go, do so using a calm voice while describing the reasons why you consider this book necessary to be burned. Draw attention to your intellect rather than your childishness and people may begin to think...hey, maybe he has something there. Riot, gang, lynching mentality is rarely remembered in a meaningful way. See more Read all reviews
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Jason Henza

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Juan Galt

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Kim Kylland

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Jason Blum

Executive Producer

Chris McCumber

Executive Producer

Jeremy Gold

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 10, 2022 Episode One: The Movement Despite a chaotic first Anarchapulco, several attendees relocate to Mexico, joining founder Jeff Berwick's growing anarchist community. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 17, 2022 Episode Two: Forking Freedom As crypto-currency becomes the centerpiece of the second Anarchapulco, young veteran Paul Propert and Chicagoan Jason Henza each make the trek south to join the community; Lily and John create their own less formal anarchist conference. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 24, 2022 Episode Three: Currency Growing conflicts within the Anarchapulco community over power, wealth, and more escalate to potentially dangerous levels. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 31, 2022 Episode Four: Living Without the Law A shocking murder makes international headlines and leaves the community wondering if the perpetrator is one of their own. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 7, 2022 Episode Five: Damage As the sixth Anarchapulco gets underway, the community reels from accusations of a fraudulent crypto scheme and another shocking death. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 14, 2022 Episode Six: Leaving Disillusioned, the Freemans move their family to another city where they face a new set of problems; Lily returns to Anarchapulco to speak about the dangers of anarchism. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 21, 2022 A community of anarchists emigrate to Acapulco, Mexico, to evade the powers of nations and banks, but as the movement grows, the collective pursuit for a stateless life is derailed by wealth, conflict, drugs and murder. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 28, 2022 A community of anarchists emigrate to Acapulco, Mexico, to evade the powers of nations and banks, but as the movement grows, the collective pursuit for a stateless life is derailed by wealth, conflict, drugs and murder. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, Jeremiah Crowell, Mary Lisio, James Buddy Day, Andre Gaines, Allen Bain, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Kim Kylland, Todd Schramke
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 10, 2022