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Documentarian Shannon Walsh examines the human cost of the gig economy. Consider the mighty smartphone. For the app-happy consumer, it s a convenience machine, a wand for conjuring food, a ride, maybe a carpenter to handle a home-improvement chore. On the other side of the equation, where The Gig Is Up shines an urgently needed light, that device is a heartless and ever-present boss, an algorithm monitoring speed of performance and customer ratings, and given to slashing wages or even deactivating workers chilling tech-speak for firing without warning or discussion. Like you re nothing, one delivery rider says. Subtitled A Very Human Tech Doc, Shannon Walsh s gut punch of a film spends eye-opening time with the workers who keep digital-age capitalism churning the taken-for-granted ride-share drivers and delivery riders and the unseen thousands who fine-tune the AI of internet sites and search engines. The filmmaker travels to California, Florida, Fran ....
The Gig Is Up Review: The Perils of Platform Work, Personified The Gig Is Up Review: The Perils of Platform Work, Personified A spry, engaging doc with more breadth than depth in its examination of the effects of the exploding gig economy on gig workers worldwide. Jessica Kiang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Shannon Walsh With: Al Aloudi, Nick Srnicek, Derek Thompson, Leila Ouadad, Jason Edwards, Mary L Gray, Mitchell Amewieye, Emeka Okoye, Tomisin Adeshiyan, Prayag Narula, Annette Rivero. (English, French, Chinese dialogue) Running time: Running time: 89 MIN. Courtesy of Dogwoof Californian Uber driver Annette breaks down in tears at the wheel of the car she can scarcely afford to fill with gas. In Lagos, Mitchell rarely sleeps through the night for fear of missing out on one of the more lucrative online tasks listed on Mechanical Turk. In Paris, Leila tries to wrangle backpay for a fellow Deliveroo rider who was grievously in ....