#chicagoGirl

#chicagoGirl (2013)

Documentary

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

Casts

	Ala'a Basatneh as Self - #chicagoGirl
	Aous Al-Mubarak as Self
	Bassel Shehadeh as Self
	Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara as Self - Citizen Journalist
	David Gorodyansky as Self - Internet Security Expert
	Sascha Meinrath as Self - Director, Open Technology Institute
	Zeynep Tufekci as Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University
	Kurt Andersen as Self - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011
	Wael Ghonim as Self - Internet Activist

Crew