The Gig is Up

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The Gig is Up

Released Oct 8, 2021

1h 28m

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A very human tech doc, THE GIG IS UP uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally, and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce?

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John Doyle

Globe and Mail

A disturbing look at the gig economy on four continents. It's a punchy and anger-inciting doc by Shannon Walsh

Dec 4, 2021

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

The pandemic has brought into sharp relief the ways that essential workers are underappreciated and underpaid, and The Gig Is Up makes brutally clear that we're in a state of emergency on this front.

May 4, 2021

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

A spry, engaging doc with more breadth than depth in its examination of the effects of the exploding gig economy on gig workers worldwide.

Apr 30, 2021

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Frederick Blichert

The Tyee (British Columbia)

An expos of whats wrong with gig work, and why the promise of more freedom for workers has largely been broken, replaced by a dehumanizing reality.

Feb 13, 2022

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

It's never particularly smug or hectoring about it, but rather tells some compelling stories about people on that particular treadmill, in which every moment you're not working, you feel guilty that you're not.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 1, 2021

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Harvey S. Karten

Big Apple Reviews

An incisive doc about people on whom you depend but do not really see.

Rated: B

Nov 2, 2021

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dave d

"The Gig is Up" breaks down a very complicated labor issue that is completely ignored by corporate media and does so in a way that is frightening and informative. Documentaries that shake the core don't get attention, but this is one to seek out so you can learn how to fight back. It's one-sided, but that's a fair portrait of what multi-national corporations are doing to the average worker. Who knew there was so much corruption in so many Billion $ companies that are hemorrhaging cash. The common denominator is the worker is getting crushed. Final Score: 8/10

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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A very human tech doc, THE GIG IS UP uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally, and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce?

Director: Shannon Walsh
Producer: Ina Fichman, Luc-Martin Gousset
Screenwriter: Shannon Walsh, Shannon Walsh, Harold Crooks, Julien Goetz
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Intuitive Pictures, Les Films du Point du Jour, Films du Balibari, Les
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 8, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2021
Runtime: 1h 28m

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