I Am Rebel: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: I Am Rebel
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-06-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17985
• IMDb ID: tt5793034
• TVDB ID: 312333

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-06-05; final listed air date 2016-06-26; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from I Am Rebel on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.