Data Management Synopsis
Data Management was recently released on Gunpowder and Sky streaming platform, DUST. This sci-fi short film written and directed James Rogers-Gahan takes place in a 70’s style office with retro futuristic overtones. Richard Morgan is a data management worker who spends his days logging endless amounts of data, transferring information between computers and off of cassettes. One day, while logging numbers as usual, he begins to have visions that motivate him to analyze his Stepford-like work environment. The discoveries he makes shatter his perception of his own reality and force him to confront the true nature of the world he lives in.
Data Management revolves around themes of technology and humanity, exploring the relationship and co evolution of people and the advancing tools of the modern era. The stilted and self contained world the characters inhabit draws inherent juxtaposition with our contemporary reality. As that world begins to come apart, questions are raised: what does it mean to be human in a world that can be run more effectively by machines? What do we do with humans in such a situation?
Directed by James Rogers-Gahan
Written by James Rogers-Gahan and Kai Furbeck
Director of Photography Jordan T. Parrott
“I loved DATA MANAGEMENT. it was original and exhilarating— the director has a slyly comic hand and a tight control of tone.” ~Academy Award Winning Producer Christine Vachon
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