The Great Hack
“They took your data. Then they took control.”
2019•1h 55m•6.9•Released
Documentary
Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Director
Karim Amer
Writer
Karim Amer, Erin Barnett, Pedro Kos
Languages
English
Studio
Noujaim Films
Cast
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
Production
Company
Noujaim Films
Company
The Othrs
Producer
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Producer
Karim Amer
Producer
Judy Korin
Producer
Pedro Kos
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