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Accidental Anarchist

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Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of power. After the Iraq war Carne became disillusioned, quit his job and started searching for answers. This film traces his journey across the globe as he tries to find an answer to the question so many people today are asking themselves - isn't there a better way? For Carne there is. Anarchism offers a solution to the brutalities of Capitalism and the dishonesties of Democracy. It offers a world where people have control over their own lives. From the protesters of Occupy Wall Street, to an anarchist collective in Spain, to Noam Chomsky, the grand old man of anarchism himself, Carne finds people who are putting the theory into practice. His journey eventually takes him to one of the most dangerous places on earth - Syria, eight kilometers from the front line with Isis, where a remarkable anarchist state has risen phoenix like from the flames. A powerful film about one man's epic journey from government insider to anarchist.

Year

2017

Duration

1h 24m

IMDb

6.9

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Cast

CR

Carne Ross

Self

HA

Hussein Azam

Self - Rojava regional assembly representative

PP

Pelai Pagès i Blanch

Self - historian, Universitat de Barcelona

MB

Murray Bookchin

Self

Noam Chomsky

Self

NG

Nazira Gourie

Self - Rojava regional assembly representative

EP

Elizabeth Pozo Guerrero

Self - Universidad de Sevilla

TN

Tim Niel

Self - George Orwell reading

AO

Amina Ossi

Self - deputy for foreign relations in al-Jazira canton

MP

Michael Premo

Self - Occupy Wall Street activist

JM

Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo

Self - Spanish politician

TS

Tammy Shapiro

Self - Occupy Wall Street organizer

Rory Stewart

Self - British MP

V

Viyan

Self - Women's Protection Units fighter