#chicagoGirl (2013)

#chicagoGirl (2013)

The Social Network Takes on a Dictator 2013-11-21 74 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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 is Self - #chicagoGirl
Self - #chicagoGirl
Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara is Self - Citizen Journalist
Self - Citizen Journalist
David Gorodyansky is Self - Internet Security Expert
Self - Internet Security Expert
Sascha Meinrath is Self - Director, Open Technology Institute
Self - Director, Open Technology Institute
Zeynep Tufekci is Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University
Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University
Kurt Andersen is Self - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011
Self - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011
Wael Ghonim is Self - Internet Activist
Self - Internet Activist

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