TIKTOK BOOM
"the documentary shows that there’s so much more going on behind the scenes that most of its users aren’t even aware of."
SYNOPSIS
TikTok, Boom explores how a social media app, best known for videos of teenagers dancing, became the flashpoint of a geopolitical controversy between two superpowers—the U.S. and China. This Sundance favorite explores the impact of an app that eclipsed Silicon Valley to become a global cultural phenomenon reshaping the world. A cast of Gen Z influencers is central to the film, making this one of the most needed and empathetic films exploring what it means to be a digital native.
Touted by some as “The Sunny Corner of the Internet” but by others as a threat to democracy itself, TikTok,Boom weaves a complex global narrative. The story of Tiktok is a story about the future of society, of today’s zeitgeist, of an algorithm like no other, and how a 60 second video from your bedroom might just have the power to change the world.