#chicagoGirl

The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

#chicagoGirl — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 21, 2013
• Runtime
• 74 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Joe Piscatella

#chicagoGirl — Cast

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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