Logline
Four self-consumed social media influencers may think they are going on an all-expenses paid collaboration photo shoot at a Dominican resort, when in fact, they will be given an opportunity to choose to instead serve at a local orphanage down the street. Which of these influencers choose to party it up at the resort, and who will choose to remove the masks of their public profiles to find true influence.
“The Unselfie Experiment is a hilarious fish out of water series of four young social media stars attempt to find true joy and satisfaction in an impoverished overseas neighborhood.”
Meet the Characters
Alex Dorame
20 years old with 900k instagram followers. Lonely, abused, sensitive, selfless, creative.
Mark Thomas
17 years old with 3 million instagram followers. Arrogant, unfulfilled, self medicating , charismatic.
Kenny Knox
19 years old with 800k instagram followers. Depressed, raised his siblings, brilliant, comedian.
Danielle Cohn
17 years old with 18 million Tik Tok followers. Cuts herself, self-conscious, heart felt, activist.
Tone
Comical
Fish out of Water
Contemplative
Location
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Comps
The American Meme
Fyre
The Simple Life
Schitts Creek
The Heros
The Four Influencers
The Guide
Father of the Orphanage
Distribution
Streaming or Cable Network
“Hilarious, cringe-worthy, and tear-jerking, Influencers gives a deep perspective into the lives of these young social media stars and our cultural desire for social influence. ”
Summary
Four American and British social media influencers are given the choice between what they originally saw as a trip to a party, and the option to sleep on the floor, clean toilets, fetch clean drinking water, and and serve the children in a local orphanage.
Will they choose the resort, or go on a much more meaningful adventure to serve these impoverished people who are somehow incredibly joyful. Will this journey find their flurry of “friends and followers” and efforts of self-promotion to have actually left them lonely and in search of more as they are forced to reach beneath the facades of their social profiles and wounds of their past.
Hilarious, cringe-worthy, and tear-jerking, The Unselfie Experiment gives perspective into these young lives and their deep desire to be truly known, while begging the question, Is social media creating a self-consumed generation...or can it truly be used as a tool to create greater influence in the world?
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