Erin, Verified (2021)
What do you consider fame?
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 15M
Director : Madi Baughman
Synopsis
In most aspects of her life, Erin Jones is a normal person. She’s 27 years old, she works a retail job and she lives in Chicago with her three roommates. That, and she also has more than two million followers on the popular video-sharing app TikTok. Erin, Verified is an open, honest look at the effect pseudo-fame and parasocial relationships have on people in the age of social media.
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