synopsis
Tech companies like Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo attract workers with flexible working hours and freedom. But in actuality, employees are under constant surveillance, risk their lives and have no free moments or even any guarantee that they will be paid. Today, millions of people live in a state of insecurity when it comes to work, income and housing because they are subject to the rules of transnational corporations. From China to France, from Nigeria to the United States and Britain. Their backgrounds may differ, but the price they pay in an attempt to stay afloat in the system is equally high. For the companies, they are invisible and replaceable, but this complicated and dynamic analysis puts them front and centre.
"I hope that when people watch it, they have more of a sense of connection to the fact that this is an important part of the economy and the society in which we live now." (Shannon Walsh)
biography
Shannon Walsh (1976) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and academic at the University of British Columbia. She is the writer and director of the award-winning documentaries
Illusions of Control (2019) and
Jeppe on a Friday (2020). In her academic work, she focuses on subjects such as education, feminism, and South Africa.
more about film
| director: | Shannon Walsh |
| producer: | Ina Fichman, Martin-Gousset Luc |
| script: | Shannon Walsh, Harold Crooks, Julien Goetz |
| photography: | Étienne Roussy |
| editing: | Sophie Farkas-Bolla |
| music: | David Chalmin |
| sound design: | Sylvain Bellemare |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2021 |
| section: | Testimonies |
| language: | English |
| subtitles: | English |
Info
| director: | Shannon Walsh |
| original title: | The Gig Is Up |
| country: | Canada |
| year: | 2021 |
| running time: | 88 min. |
