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“Hello,” We Lied

“Hello,” We Lied
Laura Gamse
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Documentary Film
USA
2020
12 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

Journalism in the U.S. is in crisis. Jestin Coler, also known as the “fake news king”, most likely contributed to this when headlines from his satirical web page were picked up and believed by the mainstream. Coler describes fake news as a gateway drug and, ironically, as an antidote at the same time. In her film, director Laura Gamse scrolls through news and memes and thereby impressively comments on the state of Western societies.

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Director
Laura Gamse
Producer
Daydream Reels
Score
Mike Diva, Steven O’Brien, Lostboyevsky, Sony Cleveland, Greg Sinibaldi, Jesse Canterbury
Animation
Mike Diva, Bernard Myburgh