Ghosts with Shit Jobs(2012)

Ghosts with Shit Jobs is a 2040-set film that frames the lives of struggling Torontonians through a documentary series popular in mainland China. After economic collapse, a generation of North Americans have been pushed into precarious, absurd work. Oscar manually removes logos from digital maps. Gary and Karen assemble robot dolls for wealthy Asian families. Anton and Toph harvest spider silk. Serina survives as human spam, paid to casually mention brands in conversation. The film presents these survival jobs with dark humour and unexpected pathos, treating its characters' resilience as both entertainment and tragedy. Shot as a mockumentary examining post-collapse labour and global inequality, Ghosts with Shit Jobs offers a bleak yet oddly compassionate portrait of economic desperation and human dignity in a fractured future.