In a landmark event on the 21st of January, the Liquid Media Group presented the heavily talked about iNDIEFLIX documentary ANGST in one of the first-ever screenings hosted exclusively on the blockchain.
Starting yesterday, the groundbreaking event lasts for 10 days until the 31st of January and represents the first online access for the public to ANGST, which was previously shown in the community screenings that have benefited over 2 million people all around the world.
The exclusive 10-day screening has been designed to raise awareness and open up the conversation around anxiety. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States. Meanwhile, It is estimated that 264 million adults around the globe have anxiety and COVID has made it worse. Rates of anxiety and depression among U.S. adults were about 4 times higher between April 2020 and August 2021 than they were in 2019.
A number of notable mental health advocacy organizations including Jack.org, Lady Gaga’s own Born This Way Foundation, and other grassroots charities that deal with youth mental health and suicide prevention, including the iNDIEFLIX Foundation will benefit from the screening of ANGST. The iNDIEFLIX made documentary has already become part of California’s statewide education curriculum, incorporating the film and resources developed by iNDIEFLIX to help tackle the growing mental health crisis amongst young people.
Registration is still open for the event and viewers can set up a secure and easy-to-use digital wallet to claim their freecommunity NFTs for social good.
ANGST Producer and iNDIEFLIX CEO Scilla Andreen said of the event: “iNDIEFLIX’s passion has always been focused on using the platform of edutainment for social good. It is exceptionally fitting that our film Angst – which brings equitable vital mental health support for educators, students and their families – should be the film to lead the way for new technology to be used not only to spread the message of the film to a wider audience but also to create new fundraising opportunities,”
One of the first screenings to utilize the now-omni present blockchain technology and incorporating NFTs for social good, iNDIEFLIX will be dropping an NFT collection which will be available for purchase.
Ron Thomson, CEO of Liquid Group, said, “Liquid stands firmly in support of the work that iNDIEFLIX is creating. We are excited that this event is bringing powerful content to global audiences while demonstrating, via our partnership with Eluvio, how Liquid can assist Independent film and TV producers with approachable applications of blockchain technology including tokenization and NFTs.”
Eluvio co-founder and CEO, Michelle Munson added: “NFTs are built around communities, so we are delighted to provide our first series in a collection specifically focused on the conversation of mental health and minting some of the key supporting assets on the blockchain.”
This landmark blockchain screening is the first as part of the Liquid/Eluvio Blockchain Framework being developed at present. It is being designed to further deliver on Liquid’s mission to empower filmmakers in analyzing, financing, monetizing, and distributing their content.
You can see more information about the project here: https://live.eluv.io/indieflix
Additional information is available at www.LiquidMediaGroup.co
