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SFFILM Festival

The Cleaners

Directed by Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

Germany/Brazil | 88

8 Apr
Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 7:00 pm PT

Description

Social media sites — particularly Facebook and YouTube — have been under intense pressure to monitor and delete offensive, pornographic, and incendiary posts. Compassionately portraying the Filipino workers who comb through thousands of online images in the dark of night, The Cleaners exposes the dark side of information technology.

“The influence of social media is more pervasive and pernicious than anything George Orwell could have imagined. The Cleaners offers an intelligent, thought-provoking insight into the global impact of the major social media companies through the testimony of five content moderators responsible for monitoring what is considered legal, decent, and acceptable. It is the starting point for a wide-ranging examination of complex issues surrounding freedom of speech, censorship, and corporate responsibility” – Allan Hunter, Screen Daily

Director Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block became a team in 2007, working under the name Laokoon (named for the priest in Greek mythology who exposed the lie of the Trojan horse) on theater and media projects. The Cleaners is their feature documentary debut that has its roots in a one-man play and radio play by Riesewieck.

Trailer

//player.vimeo.com/video/261401727

Film Details

Language English, Tagalog

Year 2018

Runtime 88

Country Germany/Brazil

Director Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

Producer Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler

Editor Philipp Gromov, Hansjörg Weißbrich, Markus CM Schmidt

Cinematographer Axel Schneppat, Max Preiss

Music John Gürtler, Jan Miserre, Lars Voges