Screened Out
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Description
Screened Out by Jon Hyatt follows a father-filmmaker trying to understand what screens are doing to children, attention, family life, and the emotional texture of everyday living. Moving between his own household, psychologists, addiction specialists, and the design logic of the tech industry, it frames screen overuse as something engineered, not accidental. What stays with the film is the ordinary cost: distracted parenting, restless minds, frayed connections, and a generation growing up inside systems built to hold attention constantly for profit.
Director / Filmmaker
Jon Hyatt
About the Director / Filmmaker
Jon Hyatt, director, writer, and producer, is a Canadian filmmaker whose work spans documentary, narrative shorts, commercials, and digital content. Public profiles identify Screened Out as his feature-documentary debut and describe a practice shaped by independently initiated projects rather than broadcaster-driven commissions. Across the available record, he comes through as a hands-on maker moving between formats, with a recurring interest in audience communication and in stories sparked by personal or family concerns.
Jon Hyatt, director, writer, and producer, is a Canadian filmmaker whose work spans documentary, narrative shorts, commercials, and digital content. Public profiles identify Screened Out as his feature-documentary debut and describe a practice shaped by independently initiated projects rather than broadcaster-driven commissions. Across the available record, he comes through as a hands-on maker moving between formats, with a recurring interest in audience communication and in stories sparked by personal or family concerns.
Topic
Parenting, Mental Health, Child Health
Who It’s Best For
Parents who feel family life is being reorganized by screens, distraction, and device dependence are the clearest audience here. Educators and clinicians may value it when viewing attention problems as an environmental issue rather than an individual weakness.
Production Company / Studio
Hyatt Bros. Films
Approach
A parental-investigative lens shapes the film, moving between families, young people, and specialists to frame screen dependence as an engineered social condition. The tone is cautionary and advocacy-forward, pressing concern more than weighing serious counterarguments.
Duration
71 Minutes
Year
2020
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