THE EMOJI STORY
Directed & Produced by Martha Shane & Ian Cheney
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Streaming free on Hulu! Also available on iTunes, Amazon, and other platforms.
The Emoji Story (formerly titled Picture Character) explores the complex, conflict-prone, and often hilarious world of the creators, lovers, and arbiters of emoji, our world’s newest pictorial language. How do you create a global language on the fly? This film charts the evolution of emoji and investigates what they may reveal about our increasingly technological world.
“Enlightening.”
“Fascinating... At heart of the doc is an examination of the value of seeing one’s identity and culture represented in this still-growing new language.”
Released in December 2020 by Utopia Distribution
World Premiere, Tribeca Film Festival 2019
International Premiere, Hot Docs 2019