DR. ALGORITHM:
OR: How I Learned to Stop Scrolling and Live Like No One's Watching
A documentary exploring the attention economy and the journey of NYC teenagers learning to live like no one's watching.
THE CHARACTERS
Dr. Algorithm
Knows what you like, what keeps you scrolling and exactly how to get you to come back for more.
The Dopaminion
Her dopamine-fueled sidekick is always waiting with another notification, another like and another reason not to look up.
Artie InteLl "AI Guy"
A large language model who can answer almost anything, except perhaps what it actually means to be human.
Media Ambassadors
Throughout the documentary, these scripted characters tempt, distract and attempt to thwart the Media Ambassadors as the teens work toward their mission of making short films to save thier generation.
The result is part documentary, part comedy, part coming-of-age story and part call to action using entertainment, humor and art to teach media literacy without feeling like a lesson.