Award-Winning Documentary on Media & Truth

Trust Me explores how media, fear, and misinformation shape our society – and how we can rebuild trust.

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Winner of the UNESCO Award for Media Literacy in North America

“We must prepare young people for living in a world of powerful images, words and sounds.”

UNESCO, 1982

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About The Documentary

Trust Me is a powerful, feature-length documentary that explores how media and technology are shaping human behavior and society. Through emotional stories and expert insights, the film reveals how fear-driven news and misinformation are eroding trust – in one another, in institutions, and in the truth itself.

When fear rises, trust falls. The result is polarization, racism, anxiety, and even violence. Trust Me shows how we got here – and how we can find our way back.

Blending real human stories with science and journalism, this award-winning documentary invites viewers to rethink how we consume and share information. It challenges us to rebuild empathy, restore truth, and reconnect as a more resilient society.

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Russian Trolls/ISIS

Meddling from foreign governments polarizes communities

New Zealand

Misinformation about vaccines leads to a near-death experience

Chicago, USA

Over-protective parenting robs children of healthy experiences

Durango, USA

Screentime vs. mental health in middle school

India

Lynching resulting from encrypted WhatsApp

Reviews

To improve the world we need to have confidence that improvement is possible. Today’s information diet tends to work against these goals, and it’s essential that we understand how people learn about current affairs and how we can enhance their knowledge about the present and hope for the future. Trust Me is a vivid, engaging, and penetrating portrait of these vital issues.

Steven PinkerHarvard University, Author “Enlightenment Now”

This film is designed to increase student’s media literacy to help them cope with the volumes of negativity they are bombarded with since the advent of mobile devices, enabling them to become more resilient. Documentaries like Trust Me may help Montana’s population develop tools to combat mental health issues like suicide ideology.

Jon TesterU.S. Senator

Manipulation of the news by media sources can lead to an increase in depression, anxiety and an increase in the polarization of society. Trust Me and the Getting Better Foundation are working to remedy this through this film.

Steve DainesU.S. Senator

TRUST ME addresses how media technology is changing society and how we can protect future generations and ourselves.

James P. SteyerFounder & CEO of Common Sense Media

This film offers a sensitive, lyrical, and courageous look at emotional dimensions of our attachment to digital devices.

Renee HobbsDirector - Harrington Center at Univ. of Rhode Island

Trust Me opens up the vital conversation about the importance of understanding the media landscape which surrounds us. As someone who works every day to create a media literate world, I am grateful for this film and its message about the importance of reflecting on the way media shapes the world we live in. It’s an incredibly important film at an incredibly important time. You will want to see this. Trust me.

Michelle Ciulla-LipkinExecutive Director – National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)

I loved it – and can’t imagine anything that could be more topical or timely.

Patrice NorthExecutive Director – Alexandria Film Festival

We live in troubling times. We are at a point where we need to learn to talk to each other… to engage each other in critical discourse. This film goes a long way to solving the How of what we say, How it affects others and in building critical thinking.

Belinha DeAbreu, PhD.Media Literacy Educator & Author

Whom should you trust in the media? Trust Me addresses this important issue. I’m proud to have been a part of this artful and powerful film that not only addresses the problem but, more importantly, offers solutions.

Michael ShermerPublisher - Skeptic magazine, Author “Giving the Devil His Due"

Trust Me is an informative, well-paced documentary that has been designed to create awareness, urging people to pay more attention to the information they get on the internet.

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Meet The Experts

Jad Melki

Associate Professor of Journalism & Media, Lebanese American University

Matt Ridley

United Kingdom House of Lords and Author

Steven Pinker

Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Harvard University. Author, “Enlightenment Now”

Jimmeka Anderson

Founder & Executive Director – I AM not the MEdia, Inc.

Sam Wineburg

Professor of Education, Stanford University

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin

Executive Director – National Association for Media Literacy Education

Sherri Hope Culver

Associate Professor, Temple University. Director – Center for Media and Information Literacy

Jeffrey Gettleman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

Let’s Support Media Literacy

We help empower people to build a more resilient population with media literacy.

Watch Trust Me and support media literacy. The film is a production of the Getting Better Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to building trust through truth. By streaming the documentary, you’re helping promote media literacy in schools and communities.

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