The Great Hack (2019)
They took your data. Then they took control.
2019 · 1h 54m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
Director: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
Writers: Karim Amer, Erin Barnett, Pedro Kos
Music by: Gil Talmi
Cinematography: Basil Childers, Ian Moubayed
Editor: Erin Barnett, Carlos Rojas Felice
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Cast
Brittany Kaiser as Self - Former Dir. of Business Development, Cambridge AnalyticaDavid Carroll as Self - Associate Professor Parsons School of DesignPaul-Olivier Dehaye as Self - Founder @PersonalDataIORavi Naik as Self - Data Rights SolicitorJulian Wheatland as Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCLCarole Cadwalladr as Self - Investigative Journalist for The GuardianChristopher Wiley as Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and WhistleblowerPaul Hilder as Self - Writer/Political TechnologistEmma Graham-Harrison as Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The ObserverGill Phillips as Self - Legal Council, The GuardianSarah Donaldson as Self - Arts Editor, The ObserverRoger McNamee as Self - Early Facebook InvestorMore like this
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