The American Meme (2018)

Directors

Bert Marcus

The story

The American Meme explores the online footprint and behind the-scenes stories of four social media celebrities who have each utilised online platforms to gain followers and become 'influencers' in the digital age. The documentary film raises the idea of modern alienation under capitalism and explores various diverse material on the likes of Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan, and Kirill Bichutsky's rise to fame, strategies to maintain influence in social media spaces and difficulties in maintaining this influence and the use of social media as a source of income.

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