Stand in My Shoes: Exposing & Erasing the Empathy Deficit
We’re a team of inquisitive filmmakers who are passionate about exploring what US President Barack Obama called the “empathy deficit”. This concept captured our interest when we first heard it. But what really cemented it in our minds was the discovery of a university study that confirmed declining rates of empathy amongst younger generations. We asked, “Why? What was causing it? And, more importantly, what happens to society when levels of empathy drop?”