Race to the Bottom

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production year

2011

Premiere

3 November 2011

Runtime

82 min

Category

film

Genre

documentary

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Závod ke dnu

Czech title

Závod ke dnu

English title

Race to the Bottom

Summary

An expanded version of the film for television Work (dir. Vít Janeček, 2011). The film describes the current economic crisis not as a short-term deviation in the economic system, but as a logical consequence of the changing approach to work as such and a far less balanced distribution of profits. The film shows a society in which work has become a fetish, but in which only few have a chance to achieve and meaningful way of making a living. – The film was screened in cinemas as part of the Czech Joy in Czech cinemas project.

Note

The film was shown as part of the Czech Joy in Czech cinemas project.

Performed by

Jan Keller

sociolog

Tomáš Tožička

rozvojový expert

členové a sympatizanti Akčního spolku nezaměstnaných

Richard Wolff

americký ekonom

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Vít Janeček

Screenplay

Vít Janeček, Jakub Patočka (spolupráce na scénáři)

Dramaturg

Dušan Mulíček, Pavel Galík (šéfdramaturg)

Director of Photography

Braňo Pažitka

Animation

Pavel Ryška

Producer

Pavel Plešák (šéfproducent)

Production Manager

David Butula

Music

Music Composed by

Midi Lidi

Production info

Original Title

Závod ke dnu

Czech Title

Závod ke dnu

English Title

Race to the Bottom

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distribution

Genre

documentary

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production Year

2011

Premiere

premiere 3 November 2011 /suitable for all ages/ (kino Atlas, Praha)

Distribution slogan

A film on closed factories and what will come of the surplus labour.

Production

Česká televize, Televizní studio Brno (Česká televize), Centrum dokumentaristiky, publicistiky a vzdělávacích pořadů (Televizní studio Brno), Vít Janeček

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

82 min

Shooting format

HD

Distribution carrier

DCP 2-D, DVD, BRD

Aspect ratio

1:1,78

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

digital sound

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, English

Subtitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech