In the Realm of the Hackers

A nostalgic, quietly tense plunge into early hacker subculture, mixing talking heads and reenactments into a geeky true-crime curiosity.

Directed by

Kevin Anderson

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Ernie Gray, Nathan Phillips, Dan Spielman

Overview

In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.

How it feels

Tense, earnest and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Technology, rebellion, crime, identity

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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