The Gig Is Up (2021)
• August 14th, 2021 • 1h 28min
Documentary
Overview
A very human tech doc, 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? It 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, it reveals how the magic of technology we are being sold might not be magic at all.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Coded Bias
Released on: 2020-11-11
Documentary
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial r...
Beer Wars
Released on: 2009-04-16
Documentary
In America, size matters. The bigger you are, the more power you have, especially in the business wo...
SHEIN : Enquête sur le géant de la fast fashion
Released on: 2025-01-08
Documentary
Through the account of her research, encounters and experiences, Claire Latour, an influencer, explo...
Another Body
Released on: 2023-10-20
Documentary, Crime, Drama
A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulati...
Capitalism: A Love Story
Released on: 2009-09-06
Documentary, History
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impa...
The Genius of George Boole
Released on: 2015-09-01
Documentary, History
Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons, The Genius of George Boole assembles academics and ind...
The Social Dilemma
Released on: 2020-01-26
Documentary, Drama
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech ex...
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Released on: 2005-04-22
Documentary
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they l...
Deepfaking Sam Altman
Released on: 2025-03-07
Documentary, Science Fiction
Director Adam Bhala Lough sets out to better understand the technology and people at the center of t...
AI's sacrifices
Released on: 2025-02-11
Documentary, Drama
Magical, autonomous, all-powerful… Artificial intelligences feed our dreams as well as our nightmare...
The Shock Doctrine
Released on: 2009-09-01
Documentary
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capit...
Schlaue neue Welt - Das KI-Wettrennen
Released on: 2024-02-27
Documentary
The race for supremacy in the age of artificial intelligence is on: between the USA, China and Europ...
Roger & Me
Released on: 1989-09-01
Documentary, History, Comedy
A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the l...
In Spite of Ourselves
Released on: 2021-05-18
Documentary
An explosion in one of the largest chemical plants in Europe, the Petrochemical complex in Tarragona...
Vigo 1972
Released on: 2017-10-27
Documentary
‘VIGO 1972’ narrates the events which took place in Vigo in September 1972, when the firing of five ...
AlphaGo
Released on: 2017-09-29
Documentary
The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligenc...
Obsolete
Released on: 2016-10-18
Documentary
The Future Doesn't Need Us… Or So We've Been Told. With the rise of technology and the real-time pre...
Eternal You
Released on: 2024-06-20
Documentary
Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after the...
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Released on: 2019-10-01
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...