The average adult spends the majority of their waking hours in front of some sort of screen or device. We’re enthralled, we’re addicted to these machines. How did we get here? Who benefits from this unprecedented screen time? What are the cumulative impacts of this culture on people, society and the environment? What may come next if these impacts are left unchecked, to play out to their end trajectories? Is that what we want for ourselves, our loved ones, the world? The future?
"A must watch title and one that sheds light on those uncomfortable questions a lot of us would otherwise swipe past."
"Whatever your views on screen culture, there is no denying that Jordan Brown has done his homework and his passion for positive social change as well as his filmmaking shines through."
"Stare Into The Lights My Pretties is one of the most important and valuable films I've ever seen. Everyone needs to watch it, and then turn away from the screen on which they saw it."
"Jordan Brown delivers a strong, straightforward study. It’s a key document to discuss contemporary society, giving space to ... things that are getting lost in the click culture."
"Jordan Brown poses moral and ethical questions that couldn’t be more timely or profound. What kind of world do we want to live in, and do we have the willpower to change it?"
We live in a world of screens. The average adult spends the majority of their waking hours in front of some sort of screen or device. We’re enthralled, we’re addicted to these machines. Stare Into The Lights My Pretties investigates these questions with an urge to return to the real physical world, to form a critical view of technological escalation driven by rapacious and pervasive corporate interest. Covering themes of addiction, privacy, surveillance, information manipulation, behaviour modification and social control, the film lays the foundations as to why we may feel like we’re sleeprunning into some dystopian nightmare with the machines at the helm. Because we are, if we don’t seriously avert our eyes to stop this culture from destroying what is left of the real world.
