The Future of Work and Death (2016)

Directed by

Wayne Walsh, Sean Blacknell

Genre

independent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how fast technology is changing. It discusses what might happen to jobs and how long people will live. Experts and thinkers share their views.

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What happens

The Future of Work and Death is a 2016 documentary by Sean Blacknell and Wayne Walsh about the exponential growth of technology. The film showed at several film festivals including Raindance Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Academia Film Olomouc and CPH:DOX. In May 2017 it received an official screening at the European Commission. It was distributed by First Run Features and Journeyman Pictures and was released on iTunes, Amazon Prime and On-demand on 9 May 2017. The film was made available on Sundance Now on 27 November 2017. A companion piece to the film, The Cost of Living, a documentary concerning universal basic income in Britain, was released on Amazon Prime on 8 October 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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