#chicagoGirl

#chicagoGirl (2013)

The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2013-11-21
  • User Rating: 6.143/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 14min
  • Production Company: Roco Films
  • Director: Joe Piscatella
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Summary

From her childhood bedroom in the Chicago suburbs, an American teenage girl uses social media to run the revolution in Syria. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and cameraphones, she helps her social network in Damascus and Homs braves snipers and shelling in the streets and the world the human rights atrocities of one of the most brutal dictators. But as the revolution rages on, everyone in the network must decide what is the most effective way to fight a dictator: social media or AK-47s.

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  • Ala'a Basatneh

    as Self - #chicagoGirl

  • Aous Al-Mubarak

    as Self

  • Bassel Shehadeh

    as Self

  • Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara

    as Self - Citizen Journalist

  • David Gorodyansky

    as Self - Internet Security Expert

  • Sascha Meinrath

    as Self - Director, Open Technology Institute

  • Zeynep Tufekci

    as Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University

  • Kurt Andersen

    as Self - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011

  • Wael Ghonim

    as Self - Internet Activist
Writing Joe Piscatella Writer
Production Joe Piscatella Producer
Directing Joe Piscatella Director
Editing Jeff Castelluccio Editor
Production Mark Rinehart Producer
Editing Joe Piscatella Editor
Sound Christopher H. Knight Music

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