Movie details

#chicagoGirl(2013)

Name: #chicagoGirl
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-11-21
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 6.25
Cast: Ala'a Basatneh, Aous Al-Mubarak, Bassel Shehadeh, Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara, David Gorodyansky

The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

Documentary

Status: Released
Release date: 2013-11-21
Runtime: 1h 14m
Rating: 6.3 / 10 (8 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 2
Adult content: No

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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.