
#chicagoGirl
The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
6.28 votes on TMDB2013Movie1h 14m
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
- A
Ala'a Basatneh
Self - #chicagoGirl
- A
Aous Al-Mubarak
Self
- B
Bassel Shehadeh
Self
- M
Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara
Self - Citizen Journalist
- D
David Gorodyansky
Self - Internet Security Expert
- S
Sascha Meinrath
Self - Director, Open Technology Institute
- Z
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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