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#chicagoGirl 2013 Directed by Joe Piscatella

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.

Country USA
Language English
Release Date 21 November 2013
74 mins
Cast
Ala'a Basatneh Self - #chicagoGirl
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