Sundance Winner Marc Silver To Direct ‘Molly Vs The Machines’ About Tragic Death Of British Teen Molly Russell Following Exposure To Harmful Online Content
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sundance winner Marc Silver, known for documentaries 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets and Who Is Dayani Cristal?, is set to chronicle the story of British teen Molly Russell, who died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression and the negative effects of online content.
Molly Vs The Machines, from UK companies Snowstorm Productions and Storyboard Studios, with backing from Luminate, Bertha Doc Society, Screen Scotland, The Filmmaker Fund and Ethical Alliance, is due to start production next spring.
Two-time Sundance winner and Emmy-nominee Marc Silver will make the film in collaboration with Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard professor and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
Russell was tragically found dead in the bedroom of her London family home on the morning of 21st November 2017. Neither her family, friends or teachers could initially explain why she had taken her own life.
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