The Institute

Year: 2012

Actors: Chelsea London Lloyd, Tracy Pfau, Jeff Hull, Arye Bender

Duration: 92 min

Feature-length documentary that examines a San Francisco-based Alternate Reality Game, where thousands of participants got more than they bargained for. Told from the players' perspectives, the film looks over the precipice at an emergent new art form where the real world and fiction narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences.—Spencer McCall

Genre: Crime   Documentary   Mystery   Sci-Fi