Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi

Directed by: Neal Broffman Produced by: Elisa Gambino, Heather O'Neill Released: 2016 Educational release  Running Time: 75 min  Language:  English,   Subjects: Psychology, Health, Southeast Asian Studies While in the throes of depression, Brown University student Sunil Tripathi walked out of his Providence apartment and disappeared into the cold Rhode Island night. In a desperate search to find him, his family launched a social media movement that reached across the country and brought together a community dedicated to finding him. In the days following the Boston Marathon bombings the family's month-long investigation into Sunil's disappearance exploded into a virtual confrontation with e-vigilantes, citizen journalists and traditional media eager to feed their insatiable hunger for breaking news. In Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi, the Tripathi family tells a story of the healing and destructive power of social media and director Neal Broffman offers an intimate loo