Netizens

Netizens

96 mins | Documentary | April 22, 2018

Cynthia Lowen’s powerful documentary Netizens highlights three women as each wages war against one of the internet’s most malevolent forces: prevalent and un-policed misogyny, harassment, and stalking. Directed at thousands of women daily by way of social media, it lies in plain sight, and its ramifications never remain only online. The film deftly depicts not only the forms digital abuse can take, from non-consensual pornography to invasion of privacy, but also the consequences for its victims.

Netizens

96 mins | Documentary | April 22, 2018

Netizens
Cynthia Lowen’s powerful documentary Netizens highlights three women as each wages war against one of the internet’s most malevolent forces: prevalent and un-policed misogyny, harassment, and stalking. Directed at thousands of women daily by way of social media, it lies in plain sight, and its ramifications never remain only online. The film deftly depicts not only the forms digital abuse can take, from non-consensual pornography to invasion of privacy, but also the consequences for its victims.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Fork Films, Women Make Movies, Train of Thought Productions, The Harnisch Foundation
Original title Netizens
Directors Cynthia Lowen
Writers Cynthia Lowen

Cast

Anita Sarkeesian

as Herself

Carrie Goldberg

as Self

Tina Reine

as Self