Fanarchy

Sep 18, 2015

1h 29m

★ 6.0

It's High Noon in Hollywood and Fans are Taking Control

Overview

Fanarchy explores the rise of fan culture and ways in which fans are threatening the Hollywood system by becoming a creative force in their own right. With affordable technology at their fingertips, fans are producing more new content per month than studios or networks combined. Whether it's an original idea or a personal spin on a favorite film or TV show, fans are taking the reins and blurring the line between amateur and professional. Written and directed by Halifax’s own Donna Davies, Fanarchy exposes the burgeoning media landscape and the issues that complicate it – copyright, intellectual property and the concept of originality in a remix culture.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Ruby Tree Films

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Cast

Self

Chris Bouchard

Self

Denise Crosby

Self

Brett Culp

Self

Chris Demarais

Self

Andrew Dorfman

Self

Barbara Dunkelman

Self

Kirby Ferguson

Self

Maya Glick

Self

Donald F. Glut

Self

Brea Grant

Self

Richard Hatch

Self

Harry Jay Knowles

In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called "happy accident" defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.

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Fanarchy

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