Directed by Oscar-nominee ® Roko Belic | United States | 2021 | 90 mins. or 60 mins.
Trust Me examines the global crisis of misinformation, the malicious players who use it to instigate violence, and what we can do to protect ourselves. Winner of the 2023 Walter Cronkite Excellence in Journalism Award and a 2023 European Union’s MEDEA Media & Learning Award finalist.
The digital age radically increased people’s access to science,education and the arts, but it also exploded with misinformationthat today is undermining the foundations of civil society. People know what’s at stake, and they want to find a way forward.
In the first two weeks of its Netflix release, The Social Dilemma was viewed by 38 million households. Trust Me goes beyond an examination of social media algorithms. It exploresthe human biases and financial motivations that encourage bad actors to spreadmisinformation, sow divisions and fan the flames of hatred and violence.
Trust Me comprises compelling human stories about real life pain and suffering caused by mistruths. These stories are put into context by experts including Steven Pinker(Harvard), Matt Ridley (UK House of Lords), Katie Sanders (PolitiFact) and Jeffrey Gettleman (New York Times Pulitzer-winning journalist), who offer solutions to the imperative challenges of misinformation.
Featuring classroom-friendly film clips to address subjects such as
- Foreign interference in democracy
- Mis-, Dis-, and Mal-information
- Media Literacy Education in the Classroom
- Citizen “Upstander” Journalists
- Solutions Journalism
- K-12, Collegiate, Parental Guides