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#chicagoGirl

11/21/2013

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1hr 14min

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Documentary

The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Ala'a Basatneh
  • Aous Al-Mubarak
  • Bassel Shehadeh
  • Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara
  • David Gorodyansky

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Roco Films
    • GoDigital Media Group
    • Amplify Releasing

      Production Countries

    LANGUAGES

      Cast

      Ala'a Basatneh

      Self - #chicagoGirl

      Aous Al-Mubarak

      Self

      Bassel Shehadeh

      Self

      Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara

      Self - Citizen Journalist

      David Gorodyansky

      Self - Internet Security Expert

      Sascha Meinrath

      Self - Director, Open Technology Institute

      Zeynep Tufekci

      Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University

      Kurt Andersen

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

      Wael Ghonim

      Self - Internet Activist

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