Tokyo Uber Blues
Season 37 Episode 10 | 52m 52sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
A debt-laden grad turns Tokyo Uber Eats biker, confronting the gig economy's harsh truths.
Shot with a mix of smartphones and GoPros from a first person perspective, filmmaker Taku Aoyagi takes us on his daily bike rides as an Uber Eats worker. But pedaling on Tokyo’s deserted streets, delivering boba tea to cloistered condos, he starts wondering… what was it that Ken Loach said about the Uberization of society? And what does gig-work offer an unemployed person with student debt?
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Tokyo Uber Blues
Season 37 Episode 10 | 52m 52sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Shot with a mix of smartphones and GoPros from a first person perspective, filmmaker Taku Aoyagi takes us on his daily bike rides as an Uber Eats worker. But pedaling on Tokyo’s deserted streets, delivering boba tea to cloistered condos, he starts wondering… what was it that Ken Loach said about the Uberization of society? And what does gig-work offer an unemployed person with student debt?
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Behind the Lens: Tokyo Uber Blues
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Clip: S37 Ep10 | 1m 20s | Message from Taku Aoyagi, director of Tokyo Uber Blues. (1m 20s)
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Preview: S37 Ep10 | 1m 29s | Trailer for Taku Aoyagi's film Tokyo Uber Blues. (1m 29s)
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