THE CLEANERS
by Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block
synopsis
When you post something on the web, can you be sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like: violence, pornography and political content. Who is controlling what we see...and what we think?
| original title: | The Cleaners |
| country: | Germany, Brazil, Italy, Netherlands, United States |
| sales agent: | Cinephil (IL) |
| year: | 2017 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block |
| film run: | 90' |
| release date: | DE 17/05/2018, NL 17/05/2018, IT 14/09/2019 |
| screenplay: | Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block, Georg Tschurtschenthaler |
| cinematography by: | Max Preiss, Axel Schneppat |
| film editing: | Philipp Gromov, Markus Schmidt, Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| producer: | Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler |
| co-producer: | Fernando Dias, Mauricio Dias, Reinhardt Beetz, Andrea Romeo |
| executive producer: | Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Philippa Kowarsky |
| associate producer: | Marissa Ericson, Zora Nessl, Robin Smith |
| production: | Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg - RBB, VPRO Television, I Wonder Pictures, Motto Pictures (US), Grifa Filmes (BR) |
| distributor: | Farbfilm Verleih GmbH, Periscoop Film, I Wonder Pictures |
