Hulu Dives Into Atlanta’s ‘Natureboy’ Cult And The Social Media Spiral To Life In Prison
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Hulu’s new four-part docuseries “The Cult of NatureBoy” revisits the rise and fall of Eligio Bishop, the Atlanta influencer who turned his following into a group called Carbon Nation and is now serving life after a jury convicted him in 2024 of rape and related counts. Drawing on raw footage shot by followers and interviews with former members, the series tracks how internet fame slid into coercive control. For Atlanta viewers, it lands as a pointed reminder of how social media can spin charisma into criminal conduct.
Director Benjamin Zand told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Bishop, known to his followers as Natureboy, had a keen sense of how to work the algorithms and often pushed abusive stunts to draw views and donations. Zand first tracked Bishop in Costa Rica in 2018, then followed Carbon Nation back to the United States as alarm grew around the group. The AJC interview positions the documentary as both a record of abuse and a study of how attention itself became Bishop’s fuel.
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