We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen.
Through a vibrant combination of documentary investigation and entertaining narrative drama, THE SOCIAL DILEMMA is a powerful exploration of the disproportionate impact that a relatively small number of engineers in Silicon Valley have over the way we think, act, and live our lives.
The film deftly tackles an underlying cause of our viral conspiracy theories, teenage mental health issues, rampant misinformation and political polarization, and makes these issues visceral, understandable, and urgent.
Filmmakers Jeff Orlowski and Larissa Rhodes (Chasing Coral) have once again exposed the invisible in a manner that is both enlightening and harrowing as they disrupt the disrupters by unveiling the hidden machinations behind everyone’s favorite social media and search platforms.
Following a successful world premiere at the Sundance film festival earlier this year, the THE SOCIAL DILEMMA will be coming to Netflix September 9th!
I’ll post a full review as soon as I schedule an interview with Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski and select documentary subjects that are available for interviews!
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