After Work (2023)
Overview
Kuwait’s constitution says that every person has the right to a job, so in some places 20 people are employed for one person’s job. In South Korea, they work so much that a policy has been introduced to turn off computers at the end of the day so that employees can’t work any more. In the US, they give up over 500 million holiday hours each year, while Amazon’s drivers are trying to form a union. Meanwhile, robots are poised to take over most jobs and put the rest of us out of work. Work is so crucial to our identity and what we spend our waking hours on that it is barely noticed anymore. A lot has happened since a group of Puritan priests invented the concept of work ethic in the 1600s, and in the 21st century the very concept of work is in many ways disintegrating. A perfect situation for a filmmaker like Swedish mastermind Erik Gandini, who travels the world to explore what the concept of work means today – if it means anything at all.
Where to watch After Work
| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Kanopy | — | — |
| Australia | DocPlay | — | — |
| New Zealand | DocPlay | — | — |
| Germany | RTL+, RTL+ Max, GEO Television, GEO Television + Wild | — | — |
| Italy | — | Apple TV, Amazon Video | Apple TV, Amazon Video |
| Netherlands | NPO Plus | — | — |
| Sweden | SVT Play | — | — |
| Poland | CDA | — | — |
Streaming availability from JustWatch via TMDB, which also lists After Work in 3 more countries. Catalogues change often, so check the provider before subscribing.
What is After Work about?
Kuwait’s constitution says that every person has the right to a job, so in some places 20 people are employed for one person’s job. In South Korea, they work so much that a policy has been introduced to turn off computers at the end of the day so that employees can’t work any more. In the US, they give up over 500 million holiday hours each year, while Amazon’s drivers are trying to form a union. Meanwhile, robots are poised to take over most jobs and put the rest of us out of work. Work is so crucial to our identity and what we spend our waking hours on that it is barely noticed anymore. A lot has happened since a group of Puritan priests invented the concept of work ethic in the 1600s, and in the 21st century the very concept of work is in many ways disintegrating. A perfect situation for a filmmaker like Swedish mastermind Erik Gandini, who travels the world to explore what the concept of work means today – if it means anything at all. After Work is a Documentary movie, released on 2023-08-04, runtime 81 minutes.
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Where can I watch After Work?
In the United States, After Work is free to watch on Kanopy. The table on this page lists 7 more countries. Movie World also lists the official trailer, online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Erik Gandini
Cast
- Noam Chomsky as Self
- Yánis Varoufákis as Self
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Sources
Details and the 6.4/10 rating from After Work on TMDB, also on IMDb. Back to Movie World.