#chicagoGirl

6.1 2013 | 74 min

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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"The Social Network Takes on a Dictator"

Released

Nov 21, 2013

Status

Released

KEY CREW

Joe Piscatella

Director

Joe Piscatella

Writer

PRODUCTION

Roco Films

GoDigital Media Group

Amplify Releasing

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TOP 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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