IN THIS TOGETHER is an experimental documentary film that uses reenactment and a collaborative working method to explore work issues facing Uber cab drivers.
Along with three actors and three former Uber drivers, the project examines a conversation that took place between three Uber drivers and three Uber office workers amid ongoing protests at the Uber headquarters in Amsterdam. In the film, we see the actors and the drivers coming together to reenact this conversation and reflect on it.
Using the audio recording that was made during the conversation, a written-out film script and a conversation between the filmmaker and whistleblower Mark MacGann, the participating drivers and the actors meet in a staged Uber meeting room. What unravels is a confrontational and vulnerable gathering of Uber drivers and actors, all six trying to deal with the powerlessness with which the conversation is imbued for both parties.
In addition to the details experienced by precarious workers that are increasingly subject of public discussion, IN THIS TOGETHER shows the complex connection between precarious workers and the workers above them (the middle managers), who often still feel secure when it comes to income and job security. The material explores the togetherness of these two usually separate groups of workers and asks the question: what if we made an effort to dissolve this separation? Could there be solidarity between the two groups of working people?