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#chicagoGirl

20136.1 / 1074 min
Documentary

Overview

The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

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.

Cast

Ala'a Basatneh

Ala'a Basatneh

Self - #chicagoGirl

Aous Al-Mubarak

Aous Al-Mubarak

Self

Bassel Shehadeh

Bassel Shehadeh

Self

Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara

Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara

Self - Citizen Journalist

David Gorodyansky

David Gorodyansky

Self - Internet Security Expert

Sascha Meinrath

Sascha Meinrath

Self - Director, Open Technology Institute

Zeynep Tufekci

Zeynep Tufekci

Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University

Kurt Andersen

Kurt Andersen

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

Wael Ghonim

Wael Ghonim

Self - Internet Activist

Crew

Joe Piscatella

Joe Piscatella

Writer

Joe Piscatella

Joe Piscatella

Producer

Joe Piscatella

Joe Piscatella

Director

Jeff Castelluccio

Jeff Castelluccio

Editor

Mark Rinehart

Mark Rinehart

Producer

Joe Piscatella

Joe Piscatella

Editor

Christopher H. Knight

Christopher H. Knight

Music