The Cleaners

Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Fri, Jun 22, 2018 3:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Fri, Jun 22, 2018 7:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, Jun 23, 2018 4:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, Jun 23, 2018 8:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Jun 24, 2018 1:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Jun 24, 2018 5:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Mon, Jun 25, 2018 4:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Mon, Jun 25, 2018 8:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Tue, Jun 26, 2018 6:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Wed, Jun 27, 2018 4:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Wed, Jun 27, 2018 6:15 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Thu, Jun 28, 2018 1:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Thu, Jun 28, 2018 8:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:88 min
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:Germany, Brazil
Rating:14A
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

Description

Who is behind what is considered “inappropriate” on social media? Silicon Valley outsources hundreds of anonymous “digital janitors” who screen tens of thousands of posts to determine what we can and cannot see. From war zone photography to pornography, these ghostly content controllers make often personal decisions about what could have societal psychological impacts, what could cause political destabilization and what could incite terrorism. An eerie story of control and censorship that will ring especially true in the Age of Trump and Facebook, this powerful Hot Docs 2018 film explores the lives of the cleaners and those who have been negatively impacted by their questionable decisions to delete.

Additional Information

Official Selection—Sundance Film Festival 2018

"Riveting documentary takes a peak behind the Facebook curtain... Equal parts fascinating and frightening" - Toronto Star