#chicagoGirl

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Joe Piscatella

Writers

Joe Piscatella

Language

English

Release date

21 November 2013

Ensemble

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

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  Wael Ghonim

  Self - Internet Activist