In Real Life asks what exactly is the internet and what is it doing to our children? Taking us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, filmmaker Beeban Kidron suggests that rather than the promise of free and open connectivity, young people are increasingly ensnared in a commercial world. Beguiling and glittering on the outside, it can be alienating and addictive. Quietly building its case, In Real Life asks if we can afford to stand by while our children, trapped in their 24/7 connectivity, are being outsourced to the net?
Offers a worried parent’s guide to the captivating power of the internet.
Featuring an interview with Julian Assange.
Official selection of the Toronto Film Festival 2013.
In Real Life asks what exactly is the internet and what is it doing to our children? Taking us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, filmmaker Beeban Kidron suggests that rather than the promise of free and open connectivity, young people are increasingly ensnared in a commercial world. Beguiling and glittering on the outside, it can be alienating and addictive. Quietly building its case, In Real Life asks if we can afford to stand by while our children, trapped in their 24/7 connectivity, are being outsourced to the net?
Offers a worried parent’s guide to the captivating power of the internet.
Featuring an interview with Julian Assange.
Official selection of the Toronto Film Festival 2013.
Screened at the NZIFF 2014, with a limited theatrical release afterwards.
Something to think about:
For adults there was a ‘before’ the internet. But for the current generation of teenagers, at the time of their most rapid development they have no other experience and few tools with which to negotiate the overwhelming parade of opportunity and cost that the internet delivers directly into their hands.
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