The Great Hack (2019)

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They took your data. Then they took control.

Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

• Released: 2019-01-26
• Genres: Documentary
• Runtime: 1h 55m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 609 votes

Directed by Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim.

Top cast

• Brittany Kaiser as Self - Former Dir. of Business Development, Cambridge Analytica
• David Carroll as Self - Associate Professor Parsons School of Design
• Paul-Olivier Dehaye as Self - Founder @PersonalDataIO
• Ravi Naik as Self - Data Rights Solicitor
• Julian Wheatland as Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCL
• Carole Cadwalladr as Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian
• Christopher Wiley as Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower
• Paul Hilder as Self - Writer/Political Technologist
• Emma Graham-Harrison as Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer
• Gill Phillips as Self - Legal Council, The Guardian

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Where to watch The Great Hack

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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