The Sarkeesian Effect: Inside the World of Social Justice Warriors

Name: The Sarkeesian Effect: Inside the World of Social Justice Warriors
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-09-14
Duration: 2 h 36 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Jordan Owen, Bradley Wardell, Jack Thompson

2015
2h 36m

IMDb RATING

2.5/10

231

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Anita Sarkeesian in The Sarkeesian Effect: Inside the World of Social Justice Warriors (2015)

Documentary

The Sarkeesian Effect focuses on the controversy surrounding feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, Social Justice Warriors, and the GamerGate movement. The title is a play on 'The Streisan... Read allThe Sarkeesian Effect focuses on the controversy surrounding feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, Social Justice Warriors, and the GamerGate movement. The title is a play on 'The Streisand Effect'.The Sarkeesian Effect focuses on the controversy surrounding feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, Social Justice Warriors, and the GamerGate movement. The title is a play on 'The Streisand Effect'.

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IMDb RATING

2.5/10

231

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Top Cast19

Jordan Owen

Self - Narrator
(voice)

Bradley Wardell

Self
(as Brad Wardell)

Jack Thompson

Self

Karen Straughan

Self

Hanna Wallen

Self

Rachel Edwards

Self

Mercedes Carrera

Self

Cathy Young

Self

Christina Parierra

Self

Nick Robalik

Self

Timothy Meehan

Self
(as Tim Meehan)

Mallorie Nasrallah

Self

Jason Miller

Self

Jim Goad

Self

Paul Elam

Self

Alex Hinkley

Self

Phil Mason

Self

Anita Sarkeesian

Self
(archive footage)

Director
- Jordan Owen
Writer
- Jordan Owen
All cast & crew
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Did you know

Trivia
On November 25, 2020, writer/director Jordan Owen issued a public apology for creating the film and for his actions towards Anita Sarkeesian.

Quotes
Himself - Narrator: By the time Anita Sarkeesian ascended on to the GDC awards stage there were two conflicting stories on how she had gotten there. The one put forth by Mr. Druckmann was the one put forth by the media at large. The story of a heroic young woman who overcame impossible odds to gain ground for women and minorities everywhere. It was a compelling narrative, one that fit well with the civil rights stories of the past. PBS even saw fit to compare Anita Sarkeesian to Rosa Parks, Harvey Milk and Martin Luther King Jr. But this appealing narrative doesn't tell the whole story. As Anita grinned ear to ear with trophy in hand thousands of gamers were watching something else entirely, the video game industry bowing down to a bully like none it had ever encountered before, a bully that used guilt and political correctness to have her way. The two narratives about Anita Sarkeesian, one heroic, one heinous had come to define the two sides in a bitter culture war in modern gaming that would soon explode in the controversial consumer revolt known as GamerGate. While the world at large looked on with confusion gaming culture stood divided over what can be called The Sarkeesian Effect.