David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us(2021)

David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us Synopsis

This is a thoughtful and mature documentary that considers whether online rage has real-world consequences. Baddiel has experienced antisemitic abuse on Twitter, where he has 785,000 followers. He has had brushes with what is called “cancel culture” and “callout culture”, when users have criticised his use of blackface on TV in the 1990s, for which he has apologised. He is also a self-confessed social media addict – by which he really means Twitter, his primary focus here – and self-aware enough to admit that while he feels he needs it to promote his work, he also understands that he has a psychological need for an audience, and by extension, for audience approval.

David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us (2021) is a documentary film, released on December 13, 2021 with a runtime of 1h. It stars David Baddiel and Caitlin Moran. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.