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TikTok, Boom.

With TikTok crowned the world's most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists and experts alike.

Director

Shalini Kantayya

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Genre

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N/A

Production

Campfire Studios,Olive Hill Media,Such Content,7th Empire Media

Awards

7 nominations

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I knew millions of people
were downloading it by the day. - TikTok, Boom.

I knew millions of people were downloading it by the day.

And I just thought,
"I want to post on a platform - TikTok, Boom.

And I just thought, "I want to post on a platform

I didn't know
I had this much power - TikTok, Boom.

I didn't know I had this much power

TikTok has
been downloaded - TikTok, Boom.

TikTok has been downloaded

I think TikTok
right now is probably - TikTok, Boom.

I think TikTok right now is probably

And it is becoming
a world onto itself - TikTok, Boom.

And it is becoming a world onto itself

...TikTok.
We may be banning TikTok. - TikTok, Boom.

...TikTok. We may be banning TikTok.

It was bizarre
why when suddenly this - TikTok, Boom.

It was bizarre why when suddenly this

[sound of explosion] - TikTok, Boom.

[sound of explosion]

So my family's
from Afghanistan. - TikTok, Boom.

So my family's from Afghanistan.

They were
just very grateful - TikTok, Boom.

They were just very grateful

They were just amazed
by the privileges - TikTok, Boom.

They were just amazed by the privileges

I did.
Oh, I thought I did. - TikTok, Boom.

I did. Oh, I thought I did.

My parents,
their dreams of America - TikTok, Boom.

My parents, their dreams of America

The only times
where I feel like I belong - TikTok, Boom.

The only times where I feel like I belong

I--I feel like I have
a place with them, - TikTok, Boom.

I--I feel like I have a place with them,

We had a phase, - TikTok, Boom.

We had a phase,

And my school
isn't diverse at all. - TikTok, Boom.

And my school isn't diverse at all.

I don't think my classmates - TikTok, Boom.

I don't think my classmates

I've been called
a part of the Taliban, - TikTok, Boom.

I've been called a part of the Taliban,

I wore this dress on my TikTok. - TikTok, Boom.

I wore this dress on my TikTok.

It was like 40,000 views
I've gotten on it. - TikTok, Boom.

It was like 40,000 views I've gotten on it.

And it was just me dancing
with my Afghan clothes on. - TikTok, Boom.

And it was just me dancing with my Afghan clothes on.

The response was like amazing
because through TikTok - TikTok, Boom.

The response was like amazing because through TikTok

I never knew how big the
Afghan-American community was - TikTok, Boom.

I never knew how big the Afghan-American community was

[exotic music playing] - TikTok, Boom.

[exotic music playing]

TikTok was the first platform
to really popularise - TikTok, Boom.

TikTok was the first platform to really popularise

I mean, I cannot explain - TikTok, Boom.

I mean, I cannot explain

People just get discovered
much faster, - TikTok, Boom.

People just get discovered much faster,

It's remaking
the food landscape, - TikTok, Boom.

It's remaking the food landscape,

It's hard to find an industry
that TikTok hasn't infiltrated - TikTok, Boom.

It's hard to find an industry that TikTok hasn't i...

ANNOUNCER: TikTok
has captured the attention - TikTok, Boom.

ANNOUNCER: TikTok has captured the attention

And with it, the power
to reshape the future. - TikTok, Boom.

And with it, the power to reshape the future.

[robotic vocalisation] - TikTok, Boom.

[robotic vocalisation]

[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom.

You make music
with your mouth." - TikTok, Boom.

You make music with your mouth."

[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom.

[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom.

But you can also imagine me
busting out of my room - TikTok, Boom.

But you can also imagine me busting out of my room

"Dad! Mom! I know what I wanna
do for the rest of my life. - TikTok, Boom.

"Dad! Mom! I know what I wanna do for the rest of my li...

I wanna be a beatboxer." - TikTok, Boom.

I wanna be a beatboxer."

[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom.

My father is from Ecuador,
and he came here - TikTok, Boom.

My father is from Ecuador, and he came here

My mom is first generation,
uh, Chinese family. - TikTok, Boom.

My mom is first generation, uh, Chinese family.

He wanted me to be
a tennis player, - TikTok, Boom.

He wanted me to be a tennis player,

And then when
I expressed something - TikTok, Boom.

And then when I expressed something

[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom.

I had to make a decision, - TikTok, Boom.

I had to make a decision,

I was a...
typical artist that was - TikTok, Boom.

I was a... typical artist that was

Some days, you make $20
working all day. - TikTok, Boom.

Some days, you make $20 working all day.

When I started TikTok, - TikTok, Boom.

When I started TikTok,

[chugging] - TikTok, Boom.

I didn't even, like,
fix my hair for this video. - TikTok, Boom.

I didn't even, like, fix my hair for this video.

[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom.

I was like, "Oh, my God.
They like me." - TikTok, Boom.

I was like, "Oh, my God. They like me."

TikTok topping Facebook - TikTok, Boom.

TikTok topping Facebook

TAYLOR: Last year,
they reported they have - TikTok, Boom.

TAYLOR: Last year, they reported they have

People spend more time
on TikTok per day - TikTok, Boom.

People spend more time on TikTok per day

Facebook is absolutely
desperate right now - TikTok, Boom.

Facebook is absolutely desperate right now

The elephant in the room,
of course, - TikTok, Boom.

The elephant in the room, of course,

And it's the first time
we've seen a huge Chinese - TikTok, Boom.

And it's the first time we've seen a huge Chinese

He worked for a number
of startups - TikTok, Boom.

He worked for a number of startups

And he basically
just had this dream - TikTok, Boom.

And he basically just had this dream

They started
in an apartment, - TikTok, Boom.

They started in an apartment,

About 2015 or so,
ByteDance was doing - TikTok, Boom.

About 2015 or so, ByteDance was doing

[singing in Chinese] - TikTok, Boom.

[singing in Chinese]

People pay me to put
their product in my videos. - TikTok, Boom.

People pay me to put their product in my videos.

I get, like, clothes
from, like, all different - TikTok, Boom.

I get, like, clothes from, like, all different

ANNOUNCER: After the success
of Douyin in China, - TikTok, Boom.

ANNOUNCER: After the success of Douyin in China,

And merged them,
rebranding the app - TikTok, Boom.

And merged them, rebranding the app

One thing Zhang Yiming
did was to create - TikTok, Boom.

One thing Zhang Yiming did was to create

Duoyin was
for the Chinese market, - TikTok, Boom.

Duoyin was for the Chinese market,

And what that meant - TikTok, Boom.

And what that meant

TikTok was,
all of the sudden, - TikTok, Boom.

TikTok was, all of the sudden,

TikTok has done
what no other Chinese-made app - TikTok, Boom.

TikTok has done what no other Chinese-made app

It's cracked
the international market, - TikTok, Boom.

It's cracked the international market,

ANNOUNCER: TikTok is
now available - TikTok, Boom.

ANNOUNCER: TikTok is now available

TikTok and its owner ByteDance - TikTok, Boom.

TikTok and its owner ByteDance

MATTHEW: There's sort
of this perception - TikTok, Boom.

MATTHEW: There's sort of this perception

I think TikTok's completely
blown that out of water. - TikTok, Boom.

I think TikTok's completely blown that out of water.

The world we all grew up in
was one where America - TikTok, Boom.

The world we all grew up in was one where America

I wanna play with...
adding just, like, - TikTok, Boom.

I wanna play with... adding just, like,

DEJA: I think
that it's scary - TikTok, Boom.

DEJA: I think that it's scary

You know, I work a job
where so much of it - TikTok, Boom.

You know, I work a job where so much of it

So, I'm influencer
and content creation work, - TikTok, Boom.

So, I'm influencer and content creation work,

Republican Senator Jeff Flake
held a town hall - TikTok, Boom.

Republican Senator Jeff Flake held a town hall

...and you're white.
Uhm, I come from a background - TikTok, Boom.

...and you're white. Uhm, I come from a background

DEJA: I woke up
the next morning, - TikTok, Boom.

DEJA: I woke up the next morning,

I can't sit idly by
while women like me - TikTok, Boom.

I can't sit idly by while women like me

And I suddenly realised
that all those things - TikTok, Boom.

And I suddenly realised that all those things

TikTok, Boom. poster

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With TikTok crowned the world's most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists and experts alike.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Shalini Kantayya

Writer: Sabine Hoffman, Randy Redroad

Production: Campfire Studios,Olive Hill Media,Such Content,7th Empire Media

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Sep 2022

Awards: 7 nominations

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