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#chicagoGirl

Genres
Documentary
Rating
6.1
StatusReleased
LanguagesNot Available
CountriesNot Available
Release Date2013-11-21
Runtime74 mins

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 & Crew

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Ala'a Basatneh

as Self - #chicagoGirl

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Aous Al-Mubarak

as Self

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Bassel Shehadeh

as Self

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Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara

as Self - Citizen Journalist

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David Gorodyansky

as Self - Internet Security Expert

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Sascha Meinrath

as Self - Director, Open Technology Institute

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Zeynep Tufekci

as Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University

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Kurt Andersen

as Self - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011

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Wael Ghonim

as Self - Internet Activist

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