George School will host a screening of the award-winning film documentary Trust Me on Tuesday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Walton Auditorium. Free and open to the public, this screening is made possible through the Majzlin Fund for Engaged Citizenry.
Trust Me explores human nature, information technology, and the need for media literacy to help people trust one another, bring them together and create a more resilient population.
Sensational media take advantage of our survival instincts to earn more clicks and ad revenue with scary and shocking headlines – many of which aren’t even true – and we’re enabling them each time we share. When our fear goes up, our trust comes down. When people don’t trust each other, they don’t help each other and progress stalls. We become farther apart.
Trust Me covers emotional stories, interwoven with science and expert interviews to show us where the world really stands and the right way to consume and share media.
Winner of the The Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism on Television and Digital Media as well as the UNESCO Award for Media Literacy in North America, the film screening will be followed by a talkback with filmmaker Roko Belic.
The event, open to all members of the George School community and the public, is an opportunity to engage in a discussion about how media shapes how we relate to one another and what we can do in our own daily habits to increase dialogue, empathy, and understanding in our human relationships.
Learn more and watch the trailer
About Filmmaker Roko Belic. Roko Belic was nominated for an Academy Award for his landmark film, Genghis Blues, which won the Sundance Audience Award and over 70 international film festival awards. He teamed up with director Tom Shadyac, who executive produced, to direct the iTunes “all-time-bestseller,” Happy. He directed two films for Warner Bros., Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious and The Batmobile.
About George School. George School is a Quaker, all-gender boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 located in Newtown, PA. Our goal is to be a community where people with vastly different backgrounds, identities, and perspectives thrive, are treated equitably, and are united in their mutual respect, and the pursuit of a common good. This belief is reflected in the school’s motto, “Mind the Light.”
