The Great Hack

Synopsis

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.

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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

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Julian Wheatland

Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCL

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Carole Cadwalladr

Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian

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Christopher Wiley

Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower

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Paul Hilder

Self - Writer/Political Technologist

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Emma Graham-Harrison

Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer

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Gill Phillips

Self - Legal Council, The Guardian

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Sarah Donaldson

Self - Arts Editor, The Observer

Roger McNamee

Self - Early Facebook Investor

Crew

Camera

• Basil Childers Director of Photography
• Ian Moubayed Director of Photography

Directing

• Karim Amer Director
• Jehane Noujaim Director

Editing

• Erin Barnett Editor
• Carlos Rojas Felice Editor
• Daniel Claridge Co-Editor
• Christopher Passig Co-Editor
• Andrès Arias Co-Editor
• Sloane Klevin Consulting Editor

Production

• Karim Amer Producer
• Judy Korin Producer
• Geralyn White Dreyfous Producer
• Pedro Kos Producer
• Elizabeth Woodward Co-Producer
• Lynda Weinman Executive Producer
• Sarah E. Johnson Executive Producer
• Nion McEvoy Co-Executive Producer
• Nina Fialkow Executive Producer
• Regina K. Scully Executive Producer
• Lyn Davis Lear Executive Producer
• Bits Sola Associate Producer

Sound

• Gil Talmi Original Music Composer

Writing

• Erin Barnett Writer
• Karim Amer Writer
• Pedro Kos Writer

Photos