#ChicagoGirl: Free Movie Screening and Discussion
March 08 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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The Peace and Justice Studies Program Presents: #ChicagoGirl. The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Movie Screening and Discussion
Monday, 8 Mar 2021.
LIve-chat 5 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.
Discussion with Dr. Michal Ran-Rubin at 6:30 p.m.
Join the Peace and Justice Studies Department for a discussion of #ChicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator. This documentary follows Ala’a, a 19-year-old American girl, as she coordinates the revolution in Syria. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and cameraphones, 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't see the violence doesn’t mean the world can't help. As the revolution rages on, everyone in the network must decide what is the most effective way to fight a dictator: social media or AK-47s.
We will be gathering Monday at
6:30 p.m. on Zoom at this
link for a post-film discussion, led by Dr. Michal Ran-Rubin, an expert in Middle East activism, art, and human rights at.
You have two options for how you wish to watch the film. You can watch the film at your own convenience over the weekend. Or, for those of you who wish, we will open the Zoom room above at 5 p.m. so we can have a live-chat going on while we watch the film together.
Regardless, here's how you access the film through our Knox Library's partnership with AVON. To access the film:
- Go to https://knox.libguides.com/libraryresources
- Click on the "Databases" Tab
- Select "AVON - Academic Video Online" from the Drop-down menu and press "go."
- Search for #ChicagoGirl in the AVON search bar to bring up the movie.
