Nov 5, 2020

Toxic labor practices at Mill Film led VFX workers to suicide, colleagues claim

Readers of this site don't have to be reminded that the vfx industry's toxic labor practices are a very real and very troubling concern, but rarely do we hear the personal stories that remind us of the human toll involved in creating content for the entertainment industry.

The Canadian Press, the country's national news agency, published a piece today, via CTV News, that alleges vfx worker Malcolm Angell committed suicide a few months ago, in large part because of the suffering he endured at Montreal's Mill Film, a subsidiary of French conglomerate Technicolor, which also owns companies like MPC and Mikros Animation. A “deeply disturbing” contract made it impossible for him to quit the job without owing tens of thousands of dollars to Technicolor.

A few details from their story:

An in-depth obituary about Angell's life and work can be read here.