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A Flow in the Dark Production

EXPLORING A WORLD WHERE THE TIP IS INCLUDED

ABOUT THE FILM

Tipless is a feature length documentary focusing on the tip free restaurant movement in the US.


After discovering their business plan would no longer be sustainable in the face of new minimum wage increases, Homestead restaurant owners Fred and Liz Sassen make the decision to switch their Oakland establishment to a tip-free pay structure in order to survive the changes long-term.


Fred and Liz invite the audience into their journey, highlighting the morality that comes with their decision to switch to a tipless operating model, the intricacies of the pay structure that has been built into the modern American Restaurant and explores whether the tipless model could be the future for restaurants in America.

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UPCOMING SCREENINGS

VIRTUAL SCREENINGS

Filmocracy

Join us for our virtual screenings and uncover the personal stories of those
facing changing wage legislations, the uncertainty that comes with these changes for
small business and how restaurants are choosing the tip-free model to help create
sustainability in the industry. Live and on demand screenings will be available through
Filmocracy and are scheduled for 9/27 - 5pm PST and 10/1 - 1pm PST. Live Q&A will
follow the screenings.

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BUY TICKETS: Filmocracy.com Tipless - Virtual Premiere

DISCUSSION GUIDE DOWNLOAD 

Download our discussion guide to help jumpstart the conversation! 

FEATURING

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AMANDA COHEN

Dirt Candy

JOHN CONNELY

Fat Olives and Salsa Brava

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JONATHAN MEER

Texas A&M Professor of Economics

SARU JAYARAMAN

ROC United Founder

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PRODUCTION TEAM

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JEFFERY SMILEY

Director of Photography

CASSIDY POLING

Director and Executive Producer

JERROD SABA

Editor

CONTACT FLOW IN THE DARK PRODUCTIONS

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