OHNE CHEFS - DEMOKRATIE BEI DER ARBEIT - Film & Podiumsdiskussion mit Regisseur Mario Burbach

WITHOUT BOSSES - DEMOCRACY AT WORK
with panel discussion with director Mario Burbach and Leipzig collectives - original German version

AS PART OF OUR NEWCOMER SERIES
The film accompanies people who provide seemingly impossible proof: Yes, a company can function without bosses. They show that a radically different way is possible, in which democracy does not end at the executive floor. In so-called collective enterprises, cooperatives and self-managed companies, we discover an alternative to the "mini-dictatorship" of traditional companies. We meet ordinary people who take their working lives into their own hands - not irradiated utopians or revolutionaries, but practitioners of a modern, sustainable form of economy. The film shows the daily struggle of these businesses, which exist like islands in a sea of capitalism. Here, solidarity, community management and mutual help are an important matter of course. We see people who dedicate their lives to the vision of a better future and stand together against exploitation and dehumanization in the world of work.
Instead of complaining that "nobody wants to work anymore", the film "Without Bosses" shows that collective enterprises can be the key to the future of our work and economy. An alternative that is more than just a daring experiment.
Stories that encourage us to leave the old ways behind and forge new paths together - not as theory, but as lived practice.

With panel discussion with Leipzig collectives (Café Ocka, FULMO Kurierunion, Bioladen Schwarzwurzel and others) and director Mario Burbach

Germany 2025 by Mario Burbach, 52 min,
German original version, documentary, FSK 0