The Great Hack
They took your data. Then they took control.
2019 | 114m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim |
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| Writer: | Karim Amer, Pedro Kos, Erin Barnett |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 26, 2019 |
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| Director: | Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim |
| Writer: | Karim Amer, Pedro Kos, Erin Barnett |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | propaganda, politics, united kingdom, social network, behavior modification, whistleblower, political thriller, facebook, brexit, usa election, big data |
| Production Companies | Noujaim Films, The Othrs |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Brittany Kaiser | Self - Former Dir. of Business Development, Cambridge Analytica |
| David Carroll | Self - Associate Professor Parsons School of Design |
| Paul-Olivier Dehaye | Self - Founder @PersonalDataIO |
| Ravi Naik | Self - Data Rights Solicitor |
| Julian Wheatland | Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCL |
| Carole Cadwalladr | Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian |
| Christopher Wiley | Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower |
| Paul Hilder | Self - Writer/Political Technologist |
| Emma Graham-Harrison | Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer |
| Gill Phillips | Self - Legal Council, The Guardian |
| Sarah Donaldson | Self - Arts Editor, The Observer |
| Roger McNamee | Self - Early Facebook Investor |
| Alexander Nix | Self - CEO, Cambridge Analytica (archive footage) |
| Steve Bannon | Self - Former Chief Executive Trump Campaign (archive footage) |
| Mark Zuckerberg | Self (archive footage) |
| Donald Trump | Self (archive footage) |
| Ted Cruz | Self (archive footage) |
| Hillary Clinton | Self (archive footage) |
| Nigel Farage | Self (archive footage) |
| Maria Cantwell | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Karim Amer | Director, Writer |
| Jehane Noujaim | Director |
| Pedro Kos | Writer |
| Gil Talmi | Original Music Composer |
| Erin Barnett | Writer, Editor |
| Andrès Arias | Co-Editor |
| Christopher Passig | Co-Editor |
| Carlos Rojas Felice | Editor |
| Daniel Claridge | Co-Editor |
| Ian Moubayed | Director of Photography |
| Basil Childers | Director of Photography |
| Sloane Klevin | Consulting Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Geralyn White Dreyfous | Producer |
| Pedro Kos | Producer |
| Sarah E. Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Mike Lerner | Executive Producer |
| Karim Amer | Producer |
| Elizabeth Woodward | Co-Producer |
| Lyn Davis Lear | Executive Producer |
| Nina Sing Fialkow | Executive Producer |
| Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
| Nion McEvoy | Co-Executive Producer |
| Claire Read | Associate Producer |
| Marni Grossman | Executive Producer |
| Tracy Nguyen-Chung | Co-Producer |
| Judy Korin | Producer |
| Lynda Weinman | Executive Producer |
| Christopher de la Torre | Associate Producer |
| Jamie Wolf | Co-Executive Producer |
| Bits Sola | Associate Producer |
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