New America NYC and Netflix Invite NYWIFT Members to an Advanced Screening of:
The Great Hack
Monday, July 22, 2019
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm EST
Betaworks Studios, 29 Little West 12th Street
New York, NY 10014
In their chilling new documentary, The Great Hack, Academy-Award-nominated filmmakers Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim follow the personal stories on both sides of the 2018 Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal that exposed the private data of 87 million Facebook users. Through the eyes of Professor David Carroll who sues Cambridge Analytica to release his personal data, Brittany Kaiser, a top Cambridge Analytica executive-turned-whistleblower, and investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, the film reveals how Cambridge Analytica used the same military-grade tactics of information warfare they employed against populations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Eastern Europe to manipulate national political elections around the world, including the UK Brexit vote and the 2016 US presidential race. As one former Cambridge Analytica employee expressed, “It’s a grossly unethical experiment, playing with the psychology of an entire country without their consent or awareness.”
The Great Hack followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and film’s subjects that asks: are data rights today’s most endangered human rights?
PARTICIPANTS
Karim Amer @Karim_Amer33
Director and Producer, The Great Hack
Jehane Noujaim @JehaneNoujaim
Director, The Great Hack
David Carroll @profcarroll
Associate Professor, Parsons School of Design
Brittany Kaiser
Former Director, Cambridge Analytica
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open to a reception at 6:00 pm followed by the screening at 6:30 pm.
