Your Attention Please: Reflecting on a Timely Documentary with Sara Robin and Jack LeMay

In this episode, we sit down with director Sara Robin and writer Jack LeMay to talk about their documentary Your Attention Please, which premiered at SXSW in the Documentary Spotlight section. Now that the festival has passed, we reflect on the film’s impact, the conversations it sparked, and why its message continues to resonate.The film explores how digital platforms are shaping childhood, attention, and human connection through intimate, character-driven storytelling. At its core are powerful personal stories, including a mother’s fight for change after losing her son to online bullying, alongside a new generation working to challenge the systems influencing their lives.We also discuss the journey of bringing this story to the screen, the responsibility of telling such sensitive narratives, and what the future might hold for a cultural shift around our relationship with technology.