OUR CATALOG
TikTok, Boom.
Director's Cut
Directed by Shalini Kantayya
US | 2021 | 87 minutes | Color | DVD | English | Order No. W221299 |
Dissecting one of the most influential platforms of the contemporary social media landscape, TIKTOK, BOOM., directed by CODED BIAS filmmaker Shalini Kantayya, examines the algorithmic, socio-political, economic, and cultural influences and impact of the history-making app.
SYNOPSIS
With this new work, Kantayya, a Sundance Fellow, continues her engagement in the space where technology meets, amplifies, and opposes our humanity. Her incisive, current look at the power and complexity of tech continues to advance a conversation that is bettered by her careful stewardship.
The Director's Cut is the version of the film that is broadcasting on Independent Lens and contains special edits made by Kantayya.
The filmmaker is available for Q&As.
PRESS
"A thoughtful conversation starter."
"An impressive scope with its journalism."
"An intriguing exploration."
"Engrossing…a cliffhanger"
“A great little historical film that reminds us where this generational new outlet came from."
“Sprightly, informative...there are more levels to the TikTok phenomenon than there are to almost any other blockbuster app."
“...the documentary shows that there’s so much more going on behind the scenes that most of its users aren’t even aware of."
"Raises many pressing concerns about the power of TikTok and its lack of accountability"
"The film is a story of personal branding versus personal privacy."
“The documentary, TIKTOK, BOOM. is here to remind you of the good and the bad."
"Incisive look at the power and complexities of technology"
"Shalini Kantayya's is the kind of film that should be mandatory viewing for the rising numbers of kids who dream of being social media influences one day..."
"At once fascinating and frightening…insightfully explores the social media platform."
“Fascinating and insightful"
SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
- Sundance Film Festival
- Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival
- SXSW
- San Francisco International Film Festival
- CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival)
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker Shalini Kantayya directs fiction and nonfiction films that artfully marry the future of science with the future of story. Her latest film, TikTok, Boom, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was official selection at SXSW. Her critically-acclaimed 2020 Sundance film, Coded Bias, was broadcast nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens and globally on Netflix in April 2021. The film has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice, and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary. The film won Best Director at the Social Impact Media Awards, and the Visionary Filmmaker Award at GlobeDocs. Shalini’s debut feature, Catching the Sun, released globally on Netflix on Earth Day 2016 with Executive Producer Leonardo DiCaprio and was named a New York Times Critics’ Pick. Shalini directed for National Geographic television series Breakthrough, Executive Produced by Ron Howard, and episodes for NOVA and YouTube Originals. Shalini is a TED Fellow, a William J. Fulbright Scholar, and Concordia Studios Artist Fellow.
Credits
Director/Producer: Shalini Kantayya
Producers: Ross M. Dinerstein, Shalini Kantayya, Danni Mynard
Executive Producers: Ross Girard, Rebecca Evans, Travis Collins, Randall Lane, Michael Cho, Mimi Rode, Tim Lee, William Rosenfeld, Robert Kapp, David Tomlin
DP: Steve Acevedo
Editor: Seth Anderson
Composer: Katya Mihailova
Visual Effects: Zachary Ludescher
Co-Producers: Colin Frederik, Mona Karrenbach, Roland Kassis, Damen Schlanger
Associate Producer: Erin Sands
Additional Photography: Shane Sigler
Additional Editors: Ian Witenber, Cheree Dillon