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I Am Rebel

Season 1
An exploration of how gambling, booze, sex and drugs have changed the world, acting as the secret ingredients of change that fuel industries, progress, and ignite ""arms races"" in technologies, strategies and innovations.
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  1. S1 E1 - Jacked
    June 5, 2016
    44min
    16+
    African-American activist Louis Moore was targeted by Detroit police in 1972. After being beaten and threatened by the cops, Moore wants justice, so he hijacks Southern Airways Flight 49 with two demands - to speak to President Nixon and to receive $4 million from the city of Detroit. The hijacking triggers sweeping reforms in airport security and raises awareness of police brutality.
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  2. S1 E2 - Weegee the Famous
    June 12, 2016
    44min
    16+
    Weegee, New York's first crime scene photographer, chronicles the city's violence and public reaction at the height of the Prohibition-era gang wars. Largely considered the world's first paparazzo, his sensational photography defines the era's organized crime racket and puts pressure on law enforcement to end the bloody public spectacles and gives rise to today's tabloid news culture.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Love Drug
    June 19, 2016
    44min
    TV-14
    Chemistry prodigy Alexander Shulgin goes to war with the DEA when his psychedelic cure to treat PTSD hits the streets as party drug Ecstasy.
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  4. S1 E4 - Phreaks and Geeks
    June 26, 2016
    44min
    16+
    In the early 1980s, computer hackers are seen as dark and nefarious. But what officials don't understand is that by identifying the holes in online security, hackers help make systems safer. Prank caller and telephone system manipulator Kevin Mitnick is one of the first notorious hackers who eluded the FBI for years. When finally caught, he teaches the government how to tighten digital security.
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Directors
Lance Edmands (Director)
Studio
National Geographic
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