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  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary In 1970, William Powell wanted to help build a new society, so he taught the world how to blow up the old one. As the heady days of the late 60’s counterculture and political upheaval turned darker, Powell, at 19, wrote one of the most infamous books ever published: The Anarchist Cookbook. Part manifesto, part bomb-making manual, it went...

Directed By: Charlie Siskel

Written By: Charlie Siskel

  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 20 m

American Anarchist

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Summary In 1970, William Powell wanted to help build a new society, so he taught the world how to blow up the old one. As the heady days of the late 60’s counterculture and political upheaval turned darker, Powell, at 19, wrote one of the most infamous books ever published: The Anarchist Cookbook. Part manifesto, part bomb-making manual, it went...

Directed By: Charlie Siskel

Written By: Charlie Siskel

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75
Mar 24, 2017
American Anarchist presents us with a young man who believed he was living in the apocalypse, and whose book has gone on to have an apocalyptic effect on society.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 23, 2017
Although it occasionally feels as if the thoughtful Powell (who unexpectedly died last summer) is being forced into a repentant corner, the film remains a penetrating case study in taking ownership of one’s actions.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 23, 2017
A study in denial, American Anarchist may be illuminating for being unilluminating.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
58
Mar 22, 2017
It’s only thanks to Powell’s own rhetorical waffling that the movie succeeds to the degree it does.
By Alex McLevy FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 21, 2017
Powell can be evasive and embarrassed at times — who wouldn’t be, faced with the worst of your own youthful mind? But Siskel seems to think this film is exposing a monster in the now rather than witnessing a man wrestle with his past selves.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bow and Arrow Entertainment, Patna Pictures
Release Date Mar 24, 2017
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website http://www.americananarchistmovie.com/
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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