‘Screenagers’ explores growing up in the Digital Age

The Petaluma Educational Foundation will host a showing of the highly acclaimed movie Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age on Wednesday, May 11. The screening takes place at Boulevard Cinemas in downtown Petaluma beginning at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

In partnership with Cinema West/Boulevard Cinemas and Grant School, along with the film’s production company, PEF will welcome guests to the community event featuring a question and answer session following the approximately 60-minute documentary.

Tickets are available through the Eventbright ticketing page:

www.eventbrite.com/e/screenagers-growing-up-in-the-digital-age-tickets-24930457670.

Numerous local and national media outlets have featured this film. For a short trailer, visit: www.screenagersmovie.com.

Screenagers is the first feature documentary to explore the impact of screen technology on kids and to offer parents proven solutions that work.

Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston decided to make Screenagers when she found herself constantly struggling with her two kids about screen time. Ruston felt guilty and confused, not sure what limits were best, especially around mobile phones, social media, gaming, and how to monitor online homework. Hearing repeatedly how other parents were equally overwhelmed, she realized this is one of the biggest, unexplored parenting issues of our time.

Director Ruston turned the camera on her own family and others, revealing stories that depict messy struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction.

Interwoven into these stories, are cutting edge science and insights from thought leaders such as Peggy Orenstein, Sherry Turkle, Simon Sinek, as well as leading brain scientists who present evidence of real changes happening in the brain. Screenagers goes far beyond exposing the risks of screen time to reveal multiple approaches on how parents and educators can work with kids to help them achieve a healthy amount of screen time.

Screenagers, with its distributor Indieflix, is blazing a new model of distribution, known as a community viewing model, in hopes that parents and educators can start a conversation nationwide about how screen time impacts our lives. As part of the community viewing model, parents, educators, PTAs and workplace groups can book at www.screenagersmovie.com. Screenings can be booked on an event-by-event basis, and parents are encouraged to bring their kids to the movie.