Love Child - HBO Documentary Films
- 10 years ago
synopsis:
"Love Child" documents the first tried case of Internet Addiction. A young couple in Seoul, Korea, were immersed in the virtual world raising a fairy child in an online fantasy game while their real life baby -- whose name means Love in Korean -- died. What follows set International precedent in a ruling in the first case where Internet Addiction caused a fatality. This eulogy locates our humanity in a world where virtual is the new reality.
directed by Valerie Veatch
release date July 28, 2014 (on HBO)
"Love Child" documents the first tried case of Internet Addiction. A young couple in Seoul, Korea, were immersed in the virtual world raising a fairy child in an online fantasy game while their real life baby -- whose name means Love in Korean -- died. What follows set International precedent in a ruling in the first case where Internet Addiction caused a fatality. This eulogy locates our humanity in a world where virtual is the new reality.
directed by Valerie Veatch
release date July 28, 2014 (on HBO)