Hardly Working

2022 · 21 min · Animation, Documentary

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.

Directors: Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf
Writers: Susanna Flock, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner
Released: August 3, 2022
Language: English

Cast

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"The Street Sweeper"
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"The Laundress"
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"The Carpenter"
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"The Stable Hand"
Jacob Banigan
Narrator

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