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DESCRIPTION:A view of Tokyo from a speeding Uber Eats delivery bike: A refl
 ection on gig labor\, the search for meaning\, and a city on the brink of 
 burnout\n\n \n\n \n\nSynopsis\n\nWhen the pandemic leaves 26-year-old film
 maker Taku jobless\, he moves to Tokyo and joins the fleet of Uber Eats de
 livery bikers who cater to a big city in pseudo-lockdown. With just a bicy
 cle and a smartphone\, Taku embraces the freedom of setting his own hours 
 and choosing which orders to accept. He is pleased he can be of service to
  people in a time of high anxiety. At first\, it’s fun— like a game! B
 ut as he pedals through deserted streets\, delivering tapioca to closed do
 ors in high-rise condos\, he begins to question the deeper implications of
  this new gig economy and what Ken Loach once said about the "Uberization"
  of society. Why is Taku\, despite working hard\, finding himself sleeping
  on the streets with only a few coins in his pocket? Filming his journey o
 n smartphones and GoPros\, Taku invites the audience to experience his dai
 ly life on two wheels  speeding through the empty streets of Tokyo as he t
 alks to himself and with others of his generation. From the perspective of
  a young\, unemployed Japanese millennial burdened with $40\,000 in studen
 t debt\, the film asks: Does the Uber work model offer a sustainable futur
 e?\n\n \n\n \n\nTaku Aoyagi Bio \nBorn in 1993 in Yamanashi Prefecture\, T
 aku Aoyagi made his mark with the documentary The Road He Walks: A Story o
 f He-Kun (40 min)\, which served as his graduation film at the Japan Insti
 tute of the Moving Image and was released in cinemas nationwide in 2017. H
 e went on to document the contemporary artist group Hyslom’s exhibition 
 in Poland and directed the short film Digging a Well (2020). In 2021\, he 
 was recognized as one of the Top 100 Newcomer Artists by the prestigious a
 rt magazine Bijutsu Techo. Tokyo Uber Blues marks his debut as a feature f
 ilmmaker.\n\n \n\n \n\nTrailer
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LOCATION:Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC)\, Rosen Family Screening Room (22
 7) 
SUMMARY:"Tokyo Uber Blues" Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker
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 g-and-qa
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
CATEGORIES:Event Highlights
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