Trust Me
Directed by Roko Belic
About
“Trust Me” explores how a lack of media literacy is causing physical, emotional and political problems. Using personal stories and expert input, “Trust Me” answers the question: “Is the world doomed?” “The concept for our film arose from seeing the gap between how people perceive our world and what the actual data shows in terms of positive evolution in human behavior. New media technologies have exacerbated this misperception,” said Joe Phelps, GBF’s founder and originator of the film. “And since, freedom of expression limits legislation, the obvious cure for media ill-literacy is education. We’re hoping that “Trust Me” helps accelerate that learning.” Because of media information literacy’s (MIL) role in modern warfare, NATO categorizes it as a priority. Aligned with this priority, the U.S. State Department featured “Trust Me” at its global conference on media literacy in September. U.S. middle and high schools received the film alongside a link to a 24-page "Trust Me" media literacy study guide with a link to stream the film that they can play in their classrooms through News Literacy Project, an organization that works with educators and journalists to give students the skills they need to discern fact from fiction and to know what to trust. “The internet has opened a world of information to billions of people. But, at the same time, it has spawned an insidious counterforce: the mass dissemination of accidental misinformation and intentional disinformation,” said Roko Belic, “Trust Me’s” director and Oscar nominated director of “Happy.”
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