The Exclusive Detective Agency Specializing in Solving Cyber Bully Mysteries

XRI is collaborating with Stanford University, Motzie Waterford Productions and Manastorm Productions to develop "Adina's Deck: The Exclusive Detective Agency Specializing in Solving Cyber Bully Mysteries" a 30-minute interactive "choose your own adventure" television pilot series geared towards girls 9-14. The series centers around four tech savvy characters who have either been cyber bullies or cyber bully victims and now use their experiences to help solve their peers Internet mysteries. Cyber Bullying is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another young person using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones (Cyber Bullying dot org). The pilot episode was filmed for six days in May, 2007. Over fifty crew members and one hundred actors contributed to the pilot episode, which was developed by Debbie Heimowitz and Jason Azicri. The show is currently going through post-production.

Adina's Deck addresses the new problem of bullying by use of technology, which provokes severe psychological implications. Studies at UC Davis have linked the neurofrontal cortex in the brain to evidence about uninhibited actions on the Internet. In addition, consequences of cyber bullying range from: depression, anxiety and academic difficulties; to suicide. Cyber Bullying can be more intense than regular bullying, as the the scars can last a lifetime. This problem has become prominent in the last few years and international research is currently being conducted. We are currently looking for funding to produce "Season 1" of Adina's Deck (8 episodes) and for international distribution.