Hipsters

Name: Hipsters
Released: 2015-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Samuel Johnson

TV Show · Documentary

How did fixed gear bikes, artisanal cheese, craft beer and long beards evolve from being niche trends to clichés? The charming but not particularly hip Samuel Johnson digs into the past to find the origins of the cultural stereotype that is Hipsters.

2015 · 24m

Starring Samuel Johnson

Director Seth Larney

EPISODE 1

What is a Hipster?

Self-confessed dag Samuel Johnson embarks on the first (skinny) leg of his global odyssey to unearth what it means to be a hipster. This episode he travels to Melbourne, London and NYC.
EPISODE 2

Fix Me a Snack

Samuel makes his way through NYC and Berlin exploring the hipster trend of the now ubiquitous fixed gear bike, and diet trends which revolve around the words artisanal, locavore and paleo. Here Come the Hipsterpreneurs.
EPISODE 3

Here Come the Hipsterpreneurs

Selling everything from bespoke burritos to artisanal soap, businesses operated by and for hipsters are now everywhere - and they're often owned by smart, young hipsterpreneurs.
EPISODE 4

The Future's Behind Us

Samuel Johnson takes a misty-eyed look into the past hoping to uncover the reason why hipsters love things that taste, look and feel old in New York, Detroit and Melbourne.
EPISODE 5

Tokyo Retro Fomo

Sam's exploration of the hipsters' love of retro takes him on a Tokyo time-warp where he meets some people who don't simply love retro - they live it.
EPISODE 6

The Next Big Thing

Sam travels to China and learns that the idea of the hipster doesn't really exist - instead there is a movement known as the cultured youth. This leads Sam to question if hipster as we know it can actually be considered to be a genuine subculture.