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The Amahs of Hong Kong

Filipino women exploited as maids in Hong Kong.

Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 11 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 2: India

Soniya has a beauty parlour and barber shop in New Delhi. She survived an acid attack several years earlier. She makes it her mission to give beauty and self-respect to the women around her.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 3: Detroit / USA

The car industry moved away to low-wage countries and over a million citizens left the city: ‘Motown’ became ‘Ghost town’. Barber Shop Detroit tells the story of nostalgia and pride against a background of economic recession.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Chez Jolie Coiffure

Filmmaker Rosine Mbakam is invited to step inside a Brussels salon, Jolie Coiffure, with the charimsatic owner, Sabine.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 70 minutes

Company Town

A grassroots movement challenges Citizens United, corporate power, and moguls of the "sharing economy" to stop gentrification and wrest back control of San Francisco's future.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 77 minutes

The Gig Is Up

Uncovering the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of people around the world working for companies like Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo.

GOOD DOCS | 2021 | 88 minutes

Remember These Days

For Walter Backerman, seltzer is more than a drink. It’s the embodiment of his family. As a third generation seltzer man, he follows the same route as his grandfather. But after 90 years of business, Walter may be the last seltzer man.

MediaStorm | 2013 | 12 minutes

Sex Workers and Proud

Women and men in the sex industry forthrightly and unapologetically discuss the nature of their work and the peculiar intersection of sex and economics.

Scorpion TV | 2014 | 83 minutes

WEconomics: Italy

The first in a new series from the makers of 'Shift Change', WEconomics: Italy reports on the extensive and innovative cooperative economy in the region around Bologna.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 19 minutes