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Mai 2026<\/strong> <strong>I <strong>18.00 Uhr<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"film-sub has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none\"><strong><strong>Thriller | US\/D 2025 | 100\u00b4 | OmU<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uta Briesewitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c133f063 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button hover-preto is-style-fill film-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\"><strong>TICKETS<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7abde1fe wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Daisy (Lili Reinhart) arbeitet als Content-Cleanerin: Ihr Job ist es, problematische Videos im Netz anzuschauen und zu l\u00f6schen. Die st\u00e4ndige Konfrontation mit den Abgr\u00fcnden des Internets l\u00e4sst die 25-J\u00e4hrige zunehmend abstumpfen. Bis sie auf ein besonders verst\u00f6rendes Video st\u00f6\u00dft, das sie nicht mehr losl\u00e4sst. Daisy beschlie\u00dft, die Macher des Videos zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, doch weder ihre Chefin noch die Polizei nehmen sie ernst. Also begibt sie sich selbst auf die Suche nach den T\u00e4tern und ger\u00e4t dabei mehr und mehr selbst ins Visier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In eindringlicher, pr\u00e4ziser Bildsprache zeigt Uta Briesewitz in ihrem Spielfilmdeb\u00fct die psychische Ausbeutung dieser neuen Klasse von Digitalarbeiter:innen, die nur deshalb noch nicht von KI ersetzt wurden, weil die keinen emotionalen Schmerz empfinden kann (\u201eThey\u00b4re paying us for our pain\u201c). Immer wieder mit wirkungsvollen visuellen Einf\u00e4llen ausgestattet, thematisiert \u201eAmerican Sweatshop\u201c nicht nur vehement diese v\u00f6llig unangemessenen Arbeitsbedingungen, sondern auch die Auswirkungen des von unregulierten Big-Tech-Algorithmen mitverursachten, exzessiven Social-Media-Konsums. 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