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The Loco-Motion Picture Trust Me
Over billions of years, evolution has found many ‘Trust Me’ shows how an avalanche of biased news
different ways for living beings to move from one place and misinformation is undermining trust in society.
to another. But why do creatures move around at all? This drives fear, which promotes racism, political
The reasons for this behaviour are the driving forces polarization and mental health disorders. When
of nature. In every region of Earth, the conditions for people don’t trust each other, they don’t help each
life are changing all the time. Sunshine or rain, wind other and progress stalls. Sensational media take
or thunderstorm, hail or snow, variable temperatures advantage of our survival instincts to earn more clicks
as well as differing durations of day and night: these and ad revenue with shocking headlines and we’re
ever-changing conditions are driving creatures, as enabling them each time we share. ‘Trust Me’ uses
these are always looking for a better life – mostly, it’s compelling human stories, facts and experts to show
about more food and water, or about shelter against empirical realities and the right way to consume
the weather, or predators. media.
Genre: Science Genre: Science / Feature Doc
Format: 1 x 60’ / 4K / 2022 Format: 1 x 60’ or 1 x 90’ / HD / 2020
Credits: Terra Mater Studios Production Credits: Getting Better Foundation / Wadi Rum Films
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