Unemployed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and with $40,000 of student debt, 26 year-old filmmaker Taku Aoyagi decides to try his luck at being an Uber Eats rider in the now, empty streets of Tokyo. Shot on a mixture of smartphones and GoPros, Taku brings the audience on his daily rides, deliveries, and as he talks to himself and his peers about if gig work can actually offer a path to economic security. This screening will be preceded by a presentation from Brian Ott, Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Part of Science on Screen®, an intiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.