An incredible new Irish documentary is available to watch now

We found it to be a fascinating, must-watch doc.

In Irish cinemas now, the doc spotlights Fergie Chambers, the heir to an uber-wealthy American family. Using his many millions, he establishes a communist revolutionary camp in rural Massachusetts to fight the capitalist system he has grown to hate. 

After a couple of the camp’s members get in trouble with the law over a pro-Palestine protest, Chambers relocates to Tunisia and then Ireland. Following him on his travels, O’Shea tries to understand the person behind the seemingly contradictory label “multi-millionaire communist”.

Chambers makes for an utterly hypnotic subject. Describing his wealthy upbringing and how the corridors of power work, he comes across as funny and fascinatingly fed-up. When he describes his activism goals, he sounds lucid and commanding. You understand how he could attract like-minded followers.

Yet he also has an erratic, impulsive streak. People and things that he talks about with great importance can suddenly be dropped or swapped out of his life when it doesn’t suit him anymore or something else catches his attention. This is a luxury not quite afforded to the other 99% of the world, including Chambers’ revolutionary camp members who stay in Massachusetts amidst the protest controversy, as the multi-millionaire moves country.

Watch the trailer for All About the Money right here:

In particular, the documentary is focused on how much easier it is to be an activist with unlimited resources, while also exploring if a person can truly change a system that has financially benefitted them and their family to such a degree.

As All About the Money ends, Chambers remains somewhat elusive. It’s worth noting that he even offered to pay O’Shea to never screen the doc. 

That said, what the Irish filmmaker gets out of him, through persistence and great questioning, is extraordinary. Also, sometimes a piece of art can ask important questions without providing concrete answers, particularly when the questions are so complicated.

All About the Money is in cinemas now.