page_title: Face 2 Face (2012 American film)
section_title: Press
hierarchical_section_title: Face 2 Face (2012 American film) / Impact / Press
caption_attribution_description: English: Reminder by Katherine Brooks about her interview with Sheena Metal
context_page_description: Face 2 Face is a feature-length documentary directed by Katherine Brooks who traveled around the US to meet 50 of her Facebook friends she met online. These 50 people were chosen when Brooks posted a status update on her Facebook page that asked who was willing to spend a day with her and she would come to them and film the whole process. At the end of the project, 6 out of the 50 stories were edited into a film that was submitted to Sundance. Additional profits from the project were to be donated to the Trevor Project.
context_section_description: Ever since the idea for Face 2 Face was born, there were press releases and publicity for the project, starting during the pre-production stage. Brooks gave various interviews to newspapers and journals, such as USA Today, Examiner.com, The Saratogian, and Daily Brink. Apart from these online blogs, articles about the movie appeared in The Salem News, SheWired, and so on. Brooks also appeared on radio talk shows, where she talked about the journey of Face 2 Face and the importance of it to her life and the "Kat Pack". Shows include LA Talk Radio, CBS Sky Radio with Zoe Moon, Wakin' Up with the Wolf, and Talk Radio Europe.
  In an interview given to The Saratogian, a local newspaper in Saratoga Springs, New York, Brooks described her feelings and experiences after a week of traveling around the east coast. This interview was given during her visit to one of the Facebook Friends. In the article, she says there are different types of friendships one makes in their lifetime. There are friends whom you will spend time to just have a coffee, some you keep in touch through the various social networking sites, and others you add in your speed dial. Through this journey, Brooks recounts, she had added every friend she has met in her speed dial.
  In another interview, Brooks explained her feelings for today's vast technological changes and her feelings on how it impacts our lives. She states:
  Because you can't feel emotion through a machine. We spend more time with technology than we do with one another and I believe it's a major cause of isolation and depression. At least it was for me. I used my computer to hide from the world because I was scared of getting hurt. I'm not scared anymore and I want to inspire other people to step away from their keyboards and go connect with others.
  In every interview given by Brooks, she clearly states that the purpose of the movie is to show people how important it really is to take some time off from the virtual world and instead, spending time with the people that matter to us the most in life. Friendships and relationships created online can not be fully trusted as you can be vulnerable to various faults and can cause harm to oneself and to others too. Also, the human body is like a machine that desires to be touched once in a while to experience the feeling of being loved.
caption: One of the Interviews given in a radio talk show, 2011
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