Join us for the virtual screening of LAPSIS, Noah Hutton's sci-fi mystery is a darkly comic and timely look at the gig economy and the failed utopian promises of big tech.
Post-screening Q&A moderated by Sarah Jaffe, with Katie Parker, Administrative Organizer for NPEU, the Non Profit Employees Union and EPI Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock. Presented by AFI Silver Theatre and the DC Labor FilmFest
New York, an alternate present: the quantum computing revolution has begun and investors are lining their pockets in the quantum trading market. Building the network, though, requires miles of infrastructure to be laid between huge magnetic cubes by "cablers" — unprotected gig workers who compete against robots to pull wires over rough terrain. Queens delivery man Ray Tincelli is skeptical of new technology, and the buy-in to start cabling is steep, but he struggles to support himself and his ailing younger brother, who suffers from a mysterious illness. So when Ray scores a shady permit, he believes their fortunes may have finally changed. What he doesn't expect is to be pulled into a conspiracy involving hostile cablers, corporate greed and the mysterious "Lapsis" who may have previously owned his permit. Called "a smart, class-conscious sci-fi parable" by The Hollywood Reporter, LAPSIS is a darkly comic and timely look at the gig economy and the failed utopian promises of big tech. Winner, Jury's Choice Award, 2020 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival; Nominee, Best First Screenplay, 2021 Independent Spirit Awards. Official Selection, 2020 SXSW, Mill Valley Film Festival, Trieste Science+Fiction Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/iD5_V6IXVAg
Co-sponsored by NPEU, EPI, Busboys and Poets, with the financial support of American Income Life, National Nurses United and IFPTE
CLICK HERE for tickets: $12; $2 from each ticket purchased goes to MWC’s Community Services Agency
Sep 16, 2025 6:00 pm
