

American Blackout
2013, English. Directed by Jonathan Rudd.
Where Will You Be When The Lights Go Out?
What if the Doomsday Preppers were right all along? Hacking into urban infrastructures isn't science fiction anymore - it's in the news every day. A 90-minute docu-drama, "American Blackout" reveals in gritty detail the impact of what happens when a cyber attack on the United States takes down the power grid. The question is: when the lights go out, what do we do next.
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- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 27 August 2013
- Country
- United Kingdom
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American Blackout runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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American Blackout isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 August 2013. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like American Blackout?
If you liked American Blackout, try Van Gogh: Painted with Words, All That Breathes, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet.
Who directed American Blackout?
American Blackout (2013) was directed by Jonathan Rudd and stars Kasim Aslam, Hardy Awadjie, Sally Jo Bannow.