Movie
The Social Dilemma
Overview
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-01-26
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Exposure Labs, Argent Pictures, The Space Program
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tristan Harris as Self
- Jeff Seibert as Self
- Bailey Richardson as Self
- Joe Toscano as Self
- Sandy Parakilas as Self
- Guillaume Chaslot as Self
- Lynn Fox as Self
- Aza Raskin as Self
- Alex Roetter as Self
- Tim Kendall as Self
- Justin Rosenstein as Self
- Randy Fernando as Self
Crew
- Jeff Orlowski - Director
- Davis Coombe - Writer
- Vickie Curtis - Writer
- Jeff Orlowski - Writer
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