Sausalito Film Series at Cavallo Point

Tickets now on sale for an exciting film screening event at Cavallo Point, Sat. Nov. 15th!

The Sausalito Film Series is sponsoring a reception and screening of #Chicago Girl with a thought provoking panel discussion after. This film won the Doc U Competition at IDFA and was a recipient of the Cinema for Peace and Justice Award from the Cinema for PeaceFoundation, Berlin. #ChicagoGirl and the film’s subject, Ala’a Basatneh, are recognized by Amnesty International as one of their 10 Human Rights Heroes of 2014.

Tickets are priced at $25.

Purchase Tickets here: http://www.sausalitofilmfestival.com/

Link to trailer: http://www.rocofilms.com/film.php?code=CHGL

SYNOPSIS: #CHICAGO GIRL

Directed by Joe Piscatella

From her childhood bedroom in the Chicago suburbs, Ala’a, an American teenage girl, uses social media to coordinate the revolution in Syria. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and camera phones, she helps her social network “on the ground” in Syria brave snipers and shelling in the streets to show the world the human rights atrocities of a dictator.

But just because the world can see the violence doesn’t mean the world can help. As the revolution rages on, everyone in Ala’a’s network must decide what is the most effective way to fight a dictator: social media or AK-47s.

REVIEWS:

“Alaa Basatneh isn’t the only one conducting this electronic media war – there are many others, who later became sources for more traditional media outlets – but the story of this Syrian girl deserves to have an entire film devoted to her…She represents a generation of strong Arab women, capable of doing a lot for their society and country, when given the chance.” --AL JAZEERA


“Basatneh wields technology with extraordinary finesse, mapping out escape routes on Google Maps and pulling together activists from different parts of town using the online powers unavailable to them.” — INDIEWIRE


“This absorbing documentary shows how a Damascus-born, Chicago-based teen plays a major role in organizing resistance in Syria with a laptop in her bedroom.” -- HOLLYWOOD REPORTER