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The Great Hack

  • 20192019
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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The Great Hack (2019)
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The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.
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  • Directors
    • Karim Amer
    • Jehane Noujaim
  • Writers
    • Karim Amer
    • Erin Barnett
    • Pedro Kos
  • Stars
    • Brittany Kaiser
    • David Carroll
    • Paul-Olivier Dehaye
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Karim Amer
    • Jehane Noujaim
  • Writers
    • Karim Amer
    • Erin Barnett
    • Pedro Kos
  • Stars
    • Brittany Kaiser
    • David Carroll
    • Paul-Olivier Dehaye
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 258User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:17
    Official Trailer

    Photos22

    Carole Cadwalladr in The Great Hack (2019)
    Brittany Kaiser in The Great Hack (2019)
    David Carroll in The Great Hack (2019)
    Brittany Kaiser in The Great Hack (2019)
    David Carroll in The Great Hack (2019)
    David Carroll in The Great Hack (2019)
    Brittany Kaiser in The Great Hack (2019)
    David Carroll in The Great Hack (2019)
    Roger McNamee in The Great Hack (2019)
    David Carroll in The Great Hack (2019)
    David Carroll in The Great Hack (2019)
    Julian Wheatland in The Great Hack (2019)

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    Brittany Kaiser
    Brittany Kaiser
    • Self - Former Director of Business Development for Cambridge Analyticaas Self - Former Director of Business Development for Cambridge Analytica
    David Carroll
    David Carroll
    • Self - Associate Professor, Parsons School of Designas Self - Associate Professor, Parsons School of Design
    Paul-Olivier Dehaye
    Paul-Olivier Dehaye
    • Self - Cambridge Analytica Whistlebloweras Self - Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower
    Ravi Naik
    Ravi Naik
    • Self - Data Rights Solicitoras Self - Data Rights Solicitor
    Julian Wheatland
    Julian Wheatland
    • Self - Former COOas Self - Former COO…
    Carole Cadwalladr
    Carole Cadwalladr
    • Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardianas Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian
    Paul Hilder
    Paul Hilder
    • Self - Writeras Self - Writer…
    Christopher Wylie
    Christopher Wylie
    • Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistlebloweras Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower
    Emma Graham-Harrison
    Emma Graham-Harrison
    • Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observeras Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer
    Gill Phillips
    Gill Phillips
    • Self - Legal Counsel, The Guardianas Self - Legal Counsel, The Guardian
    Sarah Donaldson
    Sarah Donaldson
    • Self - Arts Editor, The Observeras Self - Arts Editor, The Observer
    Roger McNamee
    Roger McNamee
    • Self - Early Facebook Investoras Self - Early Facebook Investor
    Asad Baig
    Steve Bannon
    Steve Bannon
    • Self - Former Chief Executive, Trump Campaignas Self - Former Chief Executive, Trump Campaign
    • (archive footage)
    Jamie Bartlett
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Gerard Batten
    Gerard Batten
    • Self - Member of European Parliamentas Self - Member of European Parliament
    • (archive footage)
    Maria Cantwell
    Maria Cantwell
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Dorsey Carson
    Dorsey Carson
    • Selfas Self
    • (credit only)
    • Directors
      • Karim Amer
      • Jehane Noujaim
    • Writers
      • Karim Amer
      • Erin Barnett
      • Pedro Kos
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      In September 2020, as part of an investigation into US voter dissuasion tactics employed by the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 US Presidential Elections, journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy from Channel 4 News (1982) in the UK finally presented David Carroll with Carroll's own personal data file. Carroll previously was unable to obtain his own data file, before, during, or after filming the documentary up until this point, despite suing British data consultancy company Cambridge Analytica for it, before it ceased trading.
    • Quotes

      Herself - Former Director of Business Development for Cambridge Analytica: [in front of committee of inquiry] I have been offered introductions to clients that I refused to meet with before, such as the Alternative for Germany and Marine Le Pen's campaign. I refused to even get on the phone call with them.

    • Connections
      Featured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #2.159 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      G.I.R.L.
      Written by Arthur Baker (as Arthur Henry Baker), Rasmus Olle Hagg, Dan Lissvik (as Dan Anders Lissvk), Sebastian Maschat, Erlend Øye (as Erlend Otre Oeye), Marcin Tadeusz Oez, Brian Wilson (as Brian Douglas Wilson), Jamie XX (as James Thomas Smith), John Robie

      Performed by Jamie XX (as Jamie xx)

      By arrangement with Universal Music Publishing / Downtown Music Publishing

      Courtesy of The Young Turks / Beggars Group

    User reviews258

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    7/10
    Very watchable documentary on a key issue of our era - the corporate exploitation of our data
    This documentary is a fascinating account of The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

    In early 2018, Cambridge Analytica became a household name. The company had exploited the personal data of millions of Facebook users, without their knowledge or consent, and used it for political propaganda.

    At a running time of almost two hours, The Great Hack is overlong, but it remains a largely engrossing watch.

    The story of the notorious and now defunct Cambridge Analytica is told through the eyes of those who uncovered the scandal, and some of its former employees. One of the film's best features is the way in which it renders invisible data exploitation visible, by giving shape and colour to the 2.5 quintillion data points we produce every day. Understanding how this data is collected, shared and (mis)used is difficult for most of us to comprehend, but the Great Hack does a good job of visualising it.

    The Great Hack spends a lot of time - perhaps too much time - with Brittany Kaiser, the former business development director for Cambridge Analytica. She spoke out days after the Guardian reported her alleged involvement in a smear campaign in the Nigerian 2015 election, but this context of Kaiser's decision to go public, and other key details about her complicated story are not covered. She is actually a far more ambiguous character than she appears to be in the documentary.

    Through Kaiser, and previously unreleased files and recordings, The Great Hack gets into details of how Cambridge Analytica operated. In one of the film's most convincing scenes, we learn how SCL Elections, Cambridge Analytica's parent company, engineered a grassroots youth movement in Trinidad and Tobago to "increase apathy" so that young Afro-Caribbeans would not vote. This highlights a theme that often got lost in the midst of a scandal that focussed primarily on the company's involvement in the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit referendum - which is that countries with fewer laws and protections often serve as testing grounds for the worst practices by companies.

    In one scene Kaiser discusses a PowerPoint slide that shows all the different data sources the company has used. Next to Facebook, we see the logo of data broker Acxiom. It is in moments like these, that the Great Hack hints at, but fails to explain exactly how the story of a single company links to a broader narrative about a systemic and looming threat - and the importance of enforceable data rights in addressing this challenge.
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    • Privacy-International
    • Jul 23, 2019

    FAQ1

    • If given a chance, would you have consented on giving away your data for a political campaign?

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Netflix
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cambridge Analytica: Bê Bối Dữ Liệu
    • Filming locations
      • Black Rock City, Nevada, USA
    • Production company
      • The Othrs
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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