Film

Hardly Working

6.7202221mAnimation Documentary

Director: Susanna Flock
Year: 2022

An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

Top cast

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"The Street Sweeper"

A_F_M_SDslums_02

"The Laundress"

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"The Carpenter"

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"The Stable Hand"

Jacob Banigan

Narrator

Directed by

Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf

Written by

Susanna Flock, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner

Produced by

Leonhard Müllner, Susanna Flock, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel