Dark Cloud
Feature Documentary
Project Type: Feature Documentary
Runtime: 50 Minutes
Status: Completed
Licensing Rights: Worldwide Rights Available
Executive Produced, Produced, and Directed by Mathew Embry. Originally developed under Spotlight Productions.
After Amanda Todd’s final online video goes viral around the world (17 million views and global media reach), her mother campaigns to ensure Amanda’s tragic suicide serves as a warning to other parents about the dangers of sextortion, digital bullies and their impact on modern teens’ lives.
Dark Cloud examines a growing epidemic seriously affecting young people’s mental, emotional, and even physical well-being: the toll of cyberbullying and digital antagonism – through the eyes of Carol Todd.
In 2012, Carol’s daughter Amanda Todd tragically took her life in a story that went viral worldwide. Amanda’s final online video, showing her holding up cue cards and relating her most intimate pain, amassed over 17 million views, countless copycats, and global media coverage.
Now Carol uses that notoriety to crusade against cyberbullying as she connects with a network of activists and calls on some of the country’s leading experts on cyberbullying for insights about its causes and strategies for its prevention.