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Q: Into the Storm

When documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback sets out to uncover the forces behind QAnon, his attention turns to 8chan, the site where "Q" posts.

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documentary, mystery

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total

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NEWSCASTER:
Web security company Cloudflare
pulled its services from 8chan, - Q: Into the Storm

NEWSCASTER: Web security company Cloudflare pulled its servi...

-♪ (SUSPENSEFUL TUNE PLAYS) ♪
-(KEYS CLICKING) - Q: Into the Storm

-♪ (SUSPENSEFUL TUNE PLAYS) ♪ -(KEYS CLICKING)

Retired military operatives - Q: Into the Storm

Retired military operatives

One of Donald Trump's
most trusted people - Q: Into the Storm

One of Donald Trump's most trusted people

(LAUGHS) - Q: Into the Storm

♪ (SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ - Q: Into the Storm

♪ (SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

The descendant of an Internet
game, Q now had real power. - Q: Into the Storm

The descendant of an Internet game, Q now had real power.

Q had been building up
anticipation - Q: Into the Storm

Q had been building up anticipation

(video game-style
music playing) - Q: Into the Storm

(video game-style music playing)

FREDERICK BRENNAN:
Q posts, and then Trump - Q: Into the Storm

FREDERICK BRENNAN: Q posts, and then Trump

FREDRICK: I chose to sell
8chan to Jim Watkins - Q: Into the Storm

FREDRICK: I chose to sell 8chan to Jim Watkins

HOBACK:
It was basically impossible for
users to post on 8kun - Q: Into the Storm

HOBACK: It was basically impossible for users to post on 8ku...

QAnon is almost sort of a--
a mega conspiracy theory, - Q: Into the Storm

QAnon is almost sort of a-- a mega conspiracy theory,

Ron told me, "We want
to attract QAnon to 8chan," - Q: Into the Storm

Ron told me, "We want to attract QAnon to 8chan,"

HOBACK: Do you connect Q
to those shootings? - Q: Into the Storm

HOBACK: Do you connect Q to those shootings?

RON: To understand QAnon, - Q: Into the Storm

RON: To understand QAnon,

Our data center is in here.
(LAUGHS) - Q: Into the Storm

Our data center is in here. (LAUGHS)

RON WATKINS:
Probably to calm everybody, - Q: Into the Storm

RON WATKINS: Probably to calm everybody,

So, I was getting on a plane
to hang out with the guys - Q: Into the Storm

So, I was getting on a plane to hang out with the guys

We don't know who Q is.
It's not me. (CLEARS THROAT) - Q: Into the Storm

We don't know who Q is. It's not me. (CLEARS THROA...

And on the other hand, they're
in Congress, talking about
the First Amendment. - Q: Into the Storm

And on the other hand, they're in Congress, talking abo...

HOBACK: And Fred had been trying
to destroy the very monster - Q: Into the Storm

HOBACK: And Fred had been trying to destroy the very monster

NARRATOR: The team had spent
years cultivating - Q: Into the Storm

NARRATOR: The team had spent years cultivating

If anyone knew who was behind Q, - Q: Into the Storm

If anyone knew who was behind Q,

Attacking his former bosses-- - Q: Into the Storm

Attacking his former bosses--

FREDRICK BRENNAN:
There's the American model
that hate speech is allowed, - Q: Into the Storm

FREDRICK BRENNAN: There's the American model that hate ...

RON WATKINS:
He seems hell-bent
on all-out war, - Q: Into the Storm

RON WATKINS: He seems hell-bent on all-out war,

REPORTER: A gunman with
an automatic weapon has - Q: Into the Storm

REPORTER: A gunman with an automatic weapon has

(Ron Watkins laughs) - Q: Into the Storm

(Ron Watkins laughs)

They'll have to turn all the
electricity off in the world - Q: Into the Storm

They'll have to turn all the electricity off in the wor...

SPEAKER 2: February 18th.
"To be blunt... Game over." - Q: Into the Storm

SPEAKER 2: February 18th. "To be blunt... Game over.&qu...

-Man: No, no. Please.
-(laughs) - Q: Into the Storm

-Man: No, no. Please. -(laughs)

(typing) - Q: Into the Storm

"New York Times,"
BBC, NPR, Fox. - Q: Into the Storm

"New York Times," BBC, NPR, Fox.

What are these people
accusing you of? - Q: Into the Storm

What are these people accusing you of?

(cicadas chirping) - Q: Into the Storm

(cicadas chirping)

-What do you know
about QAnon?
-Man: Um... - Q: Into the Storm

-What do you know about QAnon? -Man: Um...

(indistinct chatter in Italian) - Q: Into the Storm

(indistinct chatter in Italian)

A type of movement - Q: Into the Storm

A type of movement

By being a member
of the Nazi party, - Q: Into the Storm

By being a member of the Nazi party,

Gruesome stories
of Satanic orgies - Q: Into the Storm

Gruesome stories of Satanic orgies

A.I. Narrator 1:
Every 17 years,
a great awakening occurs. - Q: Into the Storm

A.I. Narrator 1: Every 17 years, a great awakening occurs.

I believe one of Donald Trump's
most trusted people - Q: Into the Storm

I believe one of Donald Trump's most trusted people

Filmmaker:
In 1976,
a group of neo-Nazis - Q: Into the Storm

Filmmaker: In 1976, a group of neo-Nazis

It was fueled by the media
and opportunistic officials. - Q: Into the Storm

It was fueled by the media and opportunistic officials.

Rising from the Earth, - Q: Into the Storm

Rising from the Earth,

Filmmaker:
On my way to Manila,
I had a layover in Hong Kong. - Q: Into the Storm

Filmmaker: On my way to Manila, I had a layover in Hong Kong...

The view from my window
was not all that different - Q: Into the Storm

The view from my window was not all that different

Newscaster:
7,000 concentration
camp survivors - Q: Into the Storm

Newscaster: 7,000 concentration camp survivors

(chirping continues) - Q: Into the Storm

(chirping continues)

That's when
an anonymous collective - Q: Into the Storm

That's when an anonymous collective

Protester:
They can march
down the streets - Q: Into the Storm

Protester: They can march down the streets

At this point,
Q had been posting
for just over a year. - Q: Into the Storm

At this point, Q had been posting for just over a year.

They invented
a fake Satanic cult, - Q: Into the Storm

They invented a fake Satanic cult,

(man speaking) - Q: Into the Storm

(trailer music continues) - Q: Into the Storm

(trailer music continues)

(tape rewinding) - Q: Into the Storm

(tape rewinding)

Filmmaker:
Officials and their supporters - Q: Into the Storm

Filmmaker: Officials and their supporters

Manila was home to the team
behind 8chan, - Q: Into the Storm

Manila was home to the team behind 8chan,

God bless fellow patriots." - Q: Into the Storm

God bless fellow patriots."

I've been here
for almost 12 years - Q: Into the Storm

I've been here for almost 12 years

(crowd chanting) - Q: Into the Storm

(crowd chanting)

And I was planning to meet
with the site's creator, - Q: Into the Storm

And I was planning to meet with the site's creator,

(bus rumbling) - Q: Into the Storm

To find them,
we have devised a test. - Q: Into the Storm

To find them, we have devised a test.

An online conspiracy
theory has found - Q: Into the Storm

An online conspiracy theory has found

I had noticed that
social media platforms
were increasingly restricting - Q: Into the Storm

I had noticed that social media platforms were increasingly ...

Find it, and it will lead you
on the road to finding us. - Q: Into the Storm

Find it, and it will lead you on the road to finding us.

He rarely states
specific facts with a period. - Q: Into the Storm

He rarely states specific facts with a period.

Jesse Watters:
Here to break this all down, - Q: Into the Storm

Jesse Watters: Here to break this all down,

A lawyer named
David Goldberger, - Q: Into the Storm

A lawyer named David Goldberger,

Filmmaker:
Basically, this is
the very beginning of these - Q: Into the Storm

Filmmaker: Basically, this is the very beginning of these

Uscinski:
I give most conspiracy
theories a wide berth. - Q: Into the Storm

Uscinski: I give most conspiracy theories a wide berth.

Unlike some of my colleagues, - Q: Into the Storm

Unlike some of my colleagues,

It's known as
the most elaborate
and mysterious puzzle - Q: Into the Storm

It's known as the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle

And his decision
was incredibly unpopular. - Q: Into the Storm

And his decision was incredibly unpopular.

In other words,
Q is the bad guy. - Q: Into the Storm

In other words, Q is the bad guy.

A federal court
in Chicago ruled today - Q: Into the Storm

A federal court in Chicago ruled today

(laughs)
Because I provide
a place for him to... - Q: Into the Storm

(laughs) Because I provide a place for him to...

Now, like QAnon,
Cicada 3301 originated - Q: Into the Storm

Now, like QAnon, Cicada 3301 originated

It was really a dice roll
whether or not this trip
was going to pay off. - Q: Into the Storm

It was really a dice roll whether or not this trip was going...

They said that my poll was part
of some coordinated effort - Q: Into the Storm

They said that my poll was part of some coordinated effort

And I think we're on the way
to giving a real voice - Q: Into the Storm

And I think we're on the way to giving a real voice

Fred hadn't provided
an address, - Q: Into the Storm

Fred hadn't provided an address,

Was QAnon just
Luther Blissett's
latest stunt? - Q: Into the Storm

Was QAnon just Luther Blissett's latest stunt?

Reporter:
The judge also quoted
the opinion of Justice Holmes - Q: Into the Storm

Reporter: The judge also quoted the opinion of Justice Holme...

If you took this first message,
put it into a text-only editor, - Q: Into the Storm

If you took this first message, put it into a text-only edit...

One of the authors of the book
agreed to be interviewed, - Q: Into the Storm

One of the authors of the book agreed to be interviewed,

(speaking other language) - Q: Into the Storm

(speaking other language)

Marjorie Taylor Greene:
There's a once-in-
a-lifetime opportunity - Q: Into the Storm

Marjorie Taylor Greene: There's a once-in- a-lifetime o...

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When documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback sets out to uncover the forces behind QAnon, his attention turns to 8chan, the site where "Q" posts.

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Genre: documentary, mystery

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 7.5

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Released: 21 Mar 2021

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total

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