Screened Out

The documentary takes up the habit of the screen. The director Jon Hyatt starts with his own family. He says he gives too much of his time to his phone. He describes how that shows in his work and with his family. He tries an experiment and deletes his social media accounts. His wife keeps hers but cuts down the hours. For the children screens are left free only at weekends. Meanwhile the film talks to experts. Children and parents are interviewed as well. Attention span and addiction are among the subjects. The methods of the technology companies are set out too. Hilarie Cash and Jean Twenge appear in the seventy one minute documentary, a Canadian production Jon Hyatt finished in 2020.