Nominated—Best Canadian Documentary, Hot Docs 2021
You can make your own schedule, they said! You can be your own boss, they promised! But the jig is up on the gig economy—a market of independent labourers employed on a task by task basis to provide services for companies like Lyft and DoorDash. Worldwide, this market has exploded, comprising over 100 million freelancers today. Follow firsthand accounts from workers in Nigeria, France, and the United States that expose the ways in which folks are being exploited by billion-dollar enterprises expressly modelled around the evasion of labour laws. Engaging and eye-opening, The Gig Is Up makes it glaringly clear: the human costs of gig work far outweigh the pay.
Stick around for a live Q&A with director Shannon Walsh (via Skype) and more.
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