Tagged

200927 min 53 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Shawney CohenMike Gallay

Production: Shawney Cohen (Gallay/Hartt Productions)Mike GallayLea Marin (National Film Board of Canada)Silva Basmajian

Script: Shawney CohenMike Gallay

Produced by Gallay/Hartt Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada in association with TVO. An initiative of the NFB-TVO Calling Card Program with the participation of Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC).

Tagged introduces us to the raging debate over the ubiquitous Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip, touted as a tool with invaluable medical applications by its supporters and denounced as the death knell for civil liberties by privacy advocates. This playfully smart short doc lets the audience decide: Is it “hip to be chipped,” as a proposed marketing slogan claimed, or could RFID implants accelerate a slide down the slippery slope from surveillance society to totalitarian nightmare?

Subject categories


  • Law and Crime > Human Rights
  • Technology > Radio Technology and RadarTechnology and Society
  • Social Issues > Technology and Society

Credits


writer
Shawney Cohen
Mike Gallay
director
Shawney Cohen
Mike Gallay
producer
Shawney Cohen
Mike Gallay
Lea Marin
executive producer
Silva Basmajian
commissioning editor
Jane Jankovic
director of photography
Chris Mably
original score
Jim Guthrie
editing
Shawney Cohen
Mike Gallay
Devinder Paul Singh
camera
Chris Mably
Mike Gallay
location sound
Scott Bell
Stephen Cabana
Steve Dranitsaris
Mike Gallay
Jason Milligan
Mark Stepanek
Richard Taylor
post audio
Rattlebox Studios
post audio engineer
Brian Moncarz
colour correction
Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
transfer
Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
cg animation
Shawney Cohen
Mark Stepanek
production coordinator
Sarah Arruda
marketing manager
Kelly Isaac
independent production officer
Linda Fong