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Social Studies

2024 · 1 season

An intimate, sobering look at teenagers' lives through their phones, equal parts vulnerable and unsettling.

Created by
Lauren Greenfield
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jack Schwartz, Lauren Greenfield, Mateo Santamaria
Overview
Filmed in Los Angeles over a school year, a diverse group of LA teens open up their lives and phones to offer an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood.

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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Lauren Greenfield
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jack Schwartz, Lauren Greenfield, Mateo Santamaria
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • media
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism10
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Lauren Greenfield
Starring
Jack Schwartz, Lauren Greenfield, Mateo Santamaria, Jack Dylan Grazer, Ellie Hiyar
Music
Volker Bertelmann
Cinematography
Bryan Donnell, Jerry Risius
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 57 min each
Network
FX
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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