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.
TikTok,Boom broadcasts on Independent Lens and PBS streaming October 24th.
The film is available for educational screenings through Women Make Movies.
TikTok, Boom premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was official selection at SXSW.