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BLACK CODE
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Completed - ENGLISH - Documentary - 90 minutes

Log Line

WHERE BIG DATA MEET BIG BROTHER

Media

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2017 (Debut)
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Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Nicholas DE PENCIER
Cast : Ronald DEIBERT

Producer(s) : Nicholas DE PENCIER (MERCURY FILMS INC.)

Synopsis

Black Code is a gripping account of how governments control and manipulate the internet in order to censor and monitor their citizens. With stories from exiled Tibetan monks circumventing China’s surveillance apparatus, Syrian citizens tortured for Facebook posts, Brazilian activists using social media to distribute alternative news, and Pakistani online violence against women, we see firsthand the high-stakes consequences that our unprecedented level of digital communication can produce. As this battle for control of cyberspace is waged, our ideas of citizenship, privacy, and democracy will be challenged to the very core.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA

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Festivals and Awards

DocCorner 2017
Toronto - TIFF 2016 (Official Selection)
Cinéfest Sudbury 2016
REFRAME FILM FESTIVAL 2016
AVAILABLE LIGHT FILM FESTIVAL 2016
OSLO DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2017
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL 2017
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL 2017
MOVIES THAT MATTER FILM FESTIVAL 2017
DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2017
Seattle IFF 2017
Hong Kong International FIlm Festival 2017 (Official Selection )


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