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TikTok, Boom.

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Dissecting one of the most influential platforms of the contemporary social media landscape, TIKTOK, BOOM. examines the security issues, global political challenges, and racial biases behind the history-making app.
TikTok, Boom.

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Although it isn't as effortlessly engaging as the best content on the platform it's investigating, TikTok, Boom. offers a thoughtful look at modern social media.

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John Anderson Wall Street Journal 10/21/2022
Such is the message of “TikTok, Boom”: You can run, but you can’t hide from the algorithms. Go to Full Review Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald 09/29/2022
If you only have a vague concept of TikTok as that thing kids use to post videos of themselves dancing, this essential documentary will leave you better informed -- and possibly alarmed. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety 02/05/2022
A lively, handy TikTok primer. Yet there are ways in which it’s all too content to skitter along the surface of what TikTok is. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 10/25/2023
Shalini Kantayya’s TikTok, Boom. examines how that hugely popular platform—the most downloaded app ever—for makeup tutorials, skateboarding vids, lipsynching and other frivolities became a source of political controversies around the world. Go to Full Review Alan Ng Film Threat 05/11/2022
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TikTok Boom has many valuable insights into the TikTok app, and the direction society and the social discourse are headed. Go to Full Review Martin Carr We Got This Covered 02/18/2022
What happens once audiences disappear down the rabbit hole of this documentary will depend very much upon how old they are. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Shalini Kantayya

Director

Feroza Aziz

Self

Ross M. Dinerstein

Producer

Shalini Kantayya

Producer

Danni Mynard

Producer

Ross Girard

Executive Producer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Dissecting one of the most influential platforms of the contemporary social media landscape, TIKTOK, BOOM. examines the security issues, global political challenges, and racial biases behind the history-making app.
Director
Shalini Kantayya
Producer
Ross M. Dinerstein, Shalini Kantayya, Danni Mynard
Production Co
Campfire, Such Content, Olive Hill Media
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Oct 24, 2022
Runtime
1h 30m