MARKETABLE PEOPLE - When man becomes a commodity
Afilm by Leslie Franke and Herdolor Lorenz, 2020, 99 min.
"Marletable People " is a film from below. A film that concerns us all: "When man becomes a commodity" his human dignity is lost. Only 20 years ago, almost two thirds of the employees in Germany were in a full-time job with compulsory social insurance. Today only 38% are still doing so.
The filmmakers are going to the workplaces of the new models of capitalism such as the gig economy, such as work on demand. They meet people in work structures at universities or in long-term employment relationships in middle and upper management positions that were previously believed to be secure. And they observe how the intensification of competition is shifting more and more to the individual, which makes it very difficult to make room for social relationships that are sustainable in terms of solidarity. Depression and burnout make life hell for people who break down under this burden and insecurity. Even then, many still believe that they are to blame for their fate and are an individual case.
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