Events | Genesis Cinema
Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media
Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media

Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media

Running time: 76 mins

Genre:

Release Date: 08/08/2025

An intimate exposé of the dark side of social media and its devastating impact on young users. Directors Matthew O'Neill and Perri Peltz take viewers inside the high-stakes legal battle to hold tech companies accountable for the harm caused by their negligence and dangerous algorithms. Based on investigative reporting by Bloomberg News' Olivia Carville, the film follows the Social Media Victims Law Center fighting for justice for families whose children suffered tragic consequences linked to social media use. As families seek justice, 'Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media' underscores the urgent need for industry reform and serves as both a wake-up call about the dangers of social media-and a call to action to protect future generations.

27 August

What's On

View All

2000 Meters to Andriivka

28 Years Later

The 400 Blows- Classics Presented in 35mm

Battleship Potemkin with Pet Shop Boys Score

Bring Her Back

Citizen Kane- Classics Presented in 35mm

One Brother Premiere

Throne of Blood- Classics Presented in 35mm

Freakier Friday

Poetry Slam

Funny Games (US) - Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective

The White Ribbon - 35mm - Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective

Amour - 35mm - Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective

Happy End - Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective

Bar Trash: MYSTERY FILM?

Genesis Writers Group

SUMMER IN THE CITY: FUNK AND CITY POP IN THE GENESIS YARD

Stans

Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media

Double Take Newspaper Launch Party: Independent Cinema Uprising

Shapeshift. The Screening

COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing x Free Vocafest Screening

The Sound Of What’s Left + Q&A + Live Music

It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This

COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing

Bar Trash: Closing Night: TURBO KID: 10TH ANNIVERSARY (2015)

Bar Trash: LONE WOLF AND CUB: WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL (1974)

Tape + Director Q&A

'Dirty Boy' London Gala Screening + Q&A

FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA - UK THEATRICAL RELEASE PREMIERE with Director Q&A

Cat Video Fest 2025

Hellraiser Presented by Cult Classic Collective

Jurassic World Rebirth

King Kong (1933)- Classics Presented in 35mm

Lilo & Stitch

Materialists

Oldboy Presented By The Cult Classic Collective

Ran- Classics Presented in 35mm

Savages

Silents Synced - R.E.M. X Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.

Silents Synced - Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Some Like it Swing

Superman

The Bad Guys 2

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The Legend of Ochi

The Naked Gun

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Together

Weapons

Wolf Children - Mamoru Hosoda Season