Documentary Feature, In Development
Doomscroll
About the film
This feature documentary aims to ignite a social movement by covering one of the largest digital detox experiments ever conducted. The film provides solutions, based on research, that can be customized to each person to create a healthier, more sustainable relationship with technology.
600+ people of all ages, backgrounds, and goals will be recruited to test the effectiveness of different digital detox interventions at UC Berkeley, measuring impact on brain health, cognitive performance, focus, happiness, social connection, and more.
The team filmed interviews across the country, from San Francisco to New York City, with leading researchers, technologists, advocates, and families. The film is grounded in published research that you can read in full.
Credits
- Production
- Sypher Studios
- Director, Editor
- Stephen Gray
- Producers
- Jason Pamer, Jens Jacob, Tyler Friesen
- Executive Producer
- Chris Kaspar
- Director of Photography
- Chris Leclerc
Featuring research from
Featured voices
Researchers, technologists, advocates, and families on what a healthier relationship with technology can look like.
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Arturo Bejar
Former senior Meta engineer and product leader
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Ava Smithing
Director of Advocacy and Operations, Young People’s Alliance
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Chris Kaspar
Founder of Techless, creator of Wisephone, and Executive Producer of Doomscroll
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Dino Ambrosi
Founder of Project Reboot, whose TEDx talk on youth and screen time went viral
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Dr. Nicholas Kardaras
Psychologist and addiction expert, author of “Glow Kids” and “Digital Madness”
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Mary Rodee
Teacher and mother, a leading advocate for online safety following the loss of her son
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Dr. Sahar Yousef
Cognitive Neuroscientist, Faculty at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
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Lucas Miller
Human Performance Researcher, Faculty at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Behind the scenes
Filmed on location from San Francisco to New York City.
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