REVIEWS
Marketplace, Previewing our December documentary film selection: The Gig is Up, Dec 2, 2021
Panorama Cinema, The Actual Cost of Free Shipping: The Gig is Up (2021), by Sarah-Louise Pelletier-Morin, Flight 5 No 26, Nov 2021
Big Apple Reviews: The Gig is Up movie review, Harvey Karten, Nov 2, 2021
Upcoming on Screen, The Gig is Up ★★★★ – Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scott Gilliland, Aug 20, 2021
CineEuropa, Review: The Gig is Up, by Vladan Petkovic, May 11, 2021
NOW Magazine, Hot Docs review: The Gig Is Up by Julia Mastroianni, May 8, 2021
POV Magazine, The Gig Is Up Review: The Human Costs of Cheap Labour, by Pat Mullen, May 9, 2021
The Hollywood Reporter, ‘The Gig Is Up’: Film Review | Hot Docs 2021, by Sheri Linden May 4, 2021
Variety, ‘The Gig Is Up’ Review: The Perils of Platform Work, Personified, Jessica Kiang, April 24, 2021
Stir | Vancouver, Film Review: DOXA’s The Gig Is Up puts a human face to soulless ghost work and the platform economy, by Adrian Mack, May 6, 2021
Movie Pie, Hot Docs 2021 #3: Three Conversation Starters (7/8 stars), Pie Pal Vickie, April 29, 2021
Film Inquiry, CPH: DOX 2021: THE GIG IS UP: the lives behind the apps, Matthew Anderson, April 29, 2021
National Observer, Movies bringing animated fun, French comedy, and documentaries from all over (3.5 stars), Volkmar Richter, April 30, 2021
Galvanizing and moving
–Variety
A devastating reality check
–The Hollywood Reporter
The Gig is Up paints a simmering, sobering picture of the global gig economy
-Film Inquiry
RECENT PRESS
The Public, New Doc ‘The Gig is Up’ Uncovers The Human Cost Of The Platform Economy, by Katie Tandy, Jan 10, 2022
Renegade Inc, The Real Cost of the Gig Economy: Ross Ashcroft interviews director Shannon Walsh, Jan 7, 2022
Inc. The 8 Best Movies of the Year for Entrepreneurs, by Zach Miller, Dec 2021
Montreal Campus, The Gig is Up : épargner l’humain, by Augustin de Baudinière Nov 16, 2021
Modern Times: The European Times Review, A Dream Becomes a Nightmare: On the front lines of the visible, and invisible, global platform economy, by Nick Holdsworth, Nov 12, 2021
Sloan Science & Film: Museum of the Moving Image, A Race to the Bottom: Shannon Walsh on The Gig is Up, by Sonia Epstein, Nov 12, 2021
NLC Hungary, 6 Documentaries You Must See, Farkas Lina & Krisztina Palur, Nov 11, 2021
Screen Slate, DOC NYC 2021, by Patrick Dahl, Nov 10, 2021
But Why Though, DOC NYC 2021: Hidden Gems to Watch at America’s Largest Documentary Festival, by Ricardo Gallegos, Nov 9, 2021
The Guardian, ‘What are the options?’: A new film on the toll of the gig economy, by David Smith, Sept 28, 2021
Deadline, ‘The Gig is Up’ Trailer: Doc probes dilemma of gig workers pinched by companies and consumers, by Matthew Carey, Sept 1, 2021
Variety, ‘The Gig is Up’ director Shannon Walsh on how the gig economy is coming for all our jobs, by K.J. Yossman, Aug 23, 2021
Deadline, Gravitas Ventures Lands Hot Docs Pic ‘The Gig Is Up’ , Patrick Hipes, August 16, 2021
Variety, ‘Pig,’ ‘Annette,’ ‘Here Today’ Join In-Person and Online Edinburgh Film Festival Lineup, Naman Ramachandran, July 28, 2021
The Source, The Invisible workers of the gig economy, Curtis Seufert, Volume 21, Issue 30 May 11–25, 2021
Radio Canada, Discussion de l’équipe sur le documentaire The gig is up (Radio) May 19, 2021
Women & Hollywood, Hot Docs 2021 – Meet Shannon Walsh, by Vickie A. Lee, May 7, 2021
Variety, Hot Docs’ Canadian Slate Reflects Global Issues Through Local Eyes, by Jenny Punter, May 6, 2021
Film-Forward, 5 Documentaries to look for at Hot Docs , by Kent Turner May 6, 2021
Input Mag, New doc ‘The Gig is Up’ prioritizes first-hand gig worker narratives, by Matt Willie, May 4, 2021
LaptrinhX Screen, High Cost of Living – ‘The Gig is Up’ x DOXA 2021, by Rick Cheung, May 4, 2021
The Tyee, DOXA Opener Takes the Gig Economy to Task, by Frederick Blichert, May 3, 2021
Variety ‘The Bar Keeps Getting Raised’: Hot Docs Programming Head Shane Smith on Mounting a Second Pandemic Edition” by Christopher Vourlias, April 29, 2021
NOW Toronto, Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber, by Julia Mastroianni, April 29, 2021
POV Magazine, The Gig Economy: With The Gig Is Up, Shannon Walsh examines the people behind high tech’s life and work, by Justine Smith, Spring/Summer 2021, Issue 114
National Post, My Hot Doctopus Teacher: Eight films to watch at Hot Docs, by Chris Knight, April 29, 2021
Sound Venue, The 15 Most Essential Films at CPH:DOX 2021, (in Danish) Peter Kruse Dam Jensen, April 17, 2021
Stir: Arts & Culture Vancouver, The Gig is Up and Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche among first films announced for 20th anniversary DOXA festival, Janet Smith, April 7, 2021
The Georgia Straight, DOXA Documentary film festival announces special presentations from 2021’s online program, Steve Newton, April 7, 2021
POV Magazine, Shannon Walsh’s The Gig is Up to open DOXA 2021, Pat Mullen, April 7, 2021
RealScreen, Extra: Dogwoof lands The Gig is Up. Kim Izzo, Feb 23, 2021
Women & Hollywood, Shannon Walsh’s Gig Economy Doc “The Gig is Up” Lands at Dogwoof, Laura Berger, Feb 23, 2021
Deadline, Timely Gig Economy Documentary ‘The Gig Is Up’ Boarded by Dogwoof. Tom Grater, Feb 22, 2021
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