#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
#chicagoGirl. Facebookowa rewolucja (dla licealistów) · dir. Joe Piscatella
USA, Syria 2013, 74’
Screenings
23 October, 12:00 · Kino Centrum
The protagonist in the film is Ala’a Basatneh — a charismatic 19-year-old girl — who has been helping to coordinate the revolution in Syria, since 2011, using social media, for example. She was born in Damascus, but immigrated to the United States, when she was just a little girl. Ala'a posts demonstrations as Facebook events, uses Google Maps to inform people about routes they will take, and publishes the material recorded by revolutionaries on her own websites. In the film, we will meet a couple of her friends.
| Director: | Joe Piscatella |
| Screenplay: | Joe Piscatella |
| Cinematography: | Robert Hauer, Bassel Shahade |
| Editing: | Matthew Sultan |
| Cast: | Ala’a Basatneh |
| Awards: | Docs Against Gravity Film Festival – Nagroda Canon Cinematoghraphy Award / The Canon Cinematoghraphy Award (2013 |
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