Rebels, Radicals, Mavericks, Change Makers. I Am Rebel is a documentary series about outsiders finding their voices in the underworlds of vice and proving that change only happens when you break the rules. New York’s first crime scene photographer, Weegee, shines a light on organized crime. Louis Moore hijacks Southern Airways Flight 49 to seek justice against police brutality in Detroit. Chemist Alexander Shulgin creates a backyard laboratory where he invents the psychedelic drug, MDMA. Kevin Mitnick is the first "darkside hacker" to use "social engineering" against the FBI and in turn helps draw attention to computer security. (Source: National Geographic)
Episode Info
New York’s first crime scene photographer chronicles Prohibition-era gang warfare, prompting police to change tactics to end the public violence.
In response to racially motivated police brutality, three Detroit men hijack a plane in 1972. Their botched mission leads to sweeping reforms.