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We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists,” a documentary covering the hacking collective Anonymous, premiered March 11th at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

The film takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan.

Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.

More showings this week (For those of you in the Austin area):

Wednesday, March 14
5:00PM - 6:29PM

Venue: SXSatellite: Alamo Slaughter

Friday, March 16
4:15PM - 5:44PM

Venue: Alamo Lamar B

The award winner will be announced on Saturday, March 17th,



Greyhound Bus Driver Strands 13 Occupy Protesters in Texas

Occupy protestors from San Diego, California are stuck at the Amarillo Greyhound station as of Saturday night after they say the bus driver kicked them off because he didn't approve of the Occupy movement.

On their way to DC for a rally, they say he called them "you people" and said they were not welcome in DC or anywhere else.

Quite an uproar on Twitter over the situation. Police were on the scene in Amarillo, heard complaints and took the bus driver's name.

After local news arrived, the manager of Papa John's pizza supplied them with pizza for dinner, and some supporters have offered to try to get airline tickets for the rest of the journey. As of early this morning, the 13 stranded occupiers were on a new bus and back on their way.

[Via News Channel 10 KFDA]