Movie
The Great Hack
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-01-26
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Noujaim Films, The Othrs
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brittany Kaiser as Self - Former Dir. of Business Development, Cambridge Analytica
- David Carroll as Self - Associate Professor Parsons School of Design
- Paul-Olivier Dehaye as Self - Founder @PersonalDataIO
- Ravi Naik as Self - Data Rights Solicitor
- Julian Wheatland as Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCL
- Carole Cadwalladr as Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian
- Christopher Wiley as Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower
- Paul Hilder as Self - Writer/Political Technologist
- Emma Graham-Harrison as Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer
- Gill Phillips as Self - Legal Council, The Guardian
- Sarah Donaldson as Self - Arts Editor, The Observer
- Roger McNamee as Self - Early Facebook Investor
Crew
- Karim Amer - Director
- Jehane Noujaim - Director
- Erin Barnett - Writer
- Karim Amer - Writer
- Pedro Kos - Writer
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