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The gig is up : a very human tech doc / Intuitive Pictures and Point du Jour in association with Documentary Channel, Arte, GEIE ; directed by Shannon Walsh ; produced by Ina Fichman, Luc Martin-Gousset ; written by Shannon Walsh, Harold Crooks, Julien Goetz.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Gig economy.
- Precarious employment.
- Temporary employment.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (88 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, California] : Good Docs, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English, Mandarin, and French with translation and close captioning in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- 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? THE GIG IS UP brings their stories into the light. Lured by the promise of flexible work hours, independence, and control over time and money, workers from around the world have found a very different reality. Work conditions are often dangerous, pay often changes without notice, and workers can effectively be fired through deactivation or a bad rating. Through an engaging global cast of characters, THE GIG IS UP reveals how the magic of technology we are being sold might not be magic at all..
- Credits:
- Editor, Sophie Farkas-Bolla ; director of photography, Étienne Roussy ; original music, David Chalmin.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on November 30, 2023).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1326280406
- Publisher Number:
- gd-tgiu Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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