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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m

Summary Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.

Directed By: Adam Bhala Lough

Written By: Adam Bhala Lough

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m

The New Radical

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.

Directed By: Adam Bhala Lough

Written By: Adam Bhala Lough

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Cody Wilson

Self - Defense Distributed

Raymond Frontain

Self - UCA Professor

Rob Walker

Self - Author & Journalist

Kashmir Hill

Self - Technology & Privacy Journalist

Julian Assange

Self - WikiLeaks Founder

Matthew Goldstein

Self - Cody's Lawyer

Amir Taaki

Self - Hacktivist & Bitcoin Advocate

Jamileh Taaki

Self - Amir's Sister

Nathaniel Popper

Self - The New York Times

Cindy Cohn

Self - Electronic FrontierFoundation

Kathryn Haun

Self - Dept. of Justice Prosecutor

Chris Tarbell

Self - Lead Investigator, Silk Road Case, FBI

Richard Stallman

Self - Open Source Software Pioneer & Activist

Joshua L. Dratel

Self - Ross Ulbricht's Attorney

James Baldwin

Self - Author

Glenn Beck

Self - Political Commentator

John Boehner

Self - Former Speaker of the House

David Cameron

Self - Former UK Prime Minister

Hillary Clinton

Self - Democratic Presidential Candidate

James Comey

Self - FBI Director

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Oct 31, 2017
The great strength of The New Radical is that it’s not on its subjects’ side (or totally against them either). It’s the rare documentary that lets you decide.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 31, 2017
By nature of its central subject, it’s a piece of work that infuriates and excites. It’s a deeply upsetting movie, and then, sporadically, a hopeful one.
By Sam Fragoso FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 31, 2017
The New Radical magnifies an emerging desire for major changes to the global marketplace and makes a compelling argument for how those sentiments have gained traction.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 31, 2017
The New Radical is one of the more illuminating and scary documentaries of recent memory as it takes the time to make rational and disturbing arguments free from commentary.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 30, 2017
It’s possible to fully, and vehemently, disagree with Mr. Wilson and Mr. Taaki yet still see their points. That can make The New Radical unsettling. It also makes it a film worth watching.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 30, 2017
It’s hard to know whether it’s intentional that The New Radical, Adam Bhala Lough’s slick documentary about “techno-anarchist” Cody Wilson, famous for developing a 3-D-printable plastic gun, presents its subject as a shallow pseudo-intellectual man-child.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 1, 2017
The movie also falls back on a lot of boogity-boogity docu-clichés. Skittery editing, ironic music cues, that sort of thing.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Alldayeveryday Productions, Votiv Films
Release Date Dec 1, 2017
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.thenewradicalfilm.com/
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Awards

Sidewalk Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
CPH:DOX
• 1 Nomination

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