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Gino Canella
Researcher & Filmmaker

Exploring social movements, labor, and media.

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About

Gino Canella is a researcher, educator and documentary filmmaker. His work focuses on the relationship between labor, technology and communication.

His academic work has been published in leading journals in the fields of communication and media studies, and his documentaries have aired on public television and screened at international film festivals. His forthcoming book looks at the disappearance of meaningful work.

Documentary Filmmaking

Producing compelling visual narratives focused on human experiences, social justice, and labor movements.

Academic Research

Investigating media, technology, labor relations, and critical cultural studies.

Community Engagement

Collaborating with community organizations and labor advocates to co-create impactful media interventions.

Portfolio

Films & Research Projects

Writing

Books, Articles & Research

Book

Raising Class Consciousness: Labor Movements and Communication Power in the Information Age

2025 • Palgrave

Examines how contemporary labor movements leverage emerging communication technologies and media strategies to organize workers and build class consciousness in the digital economy.

View Book at Palgrave Macmillan / Springer
Book

Activist Media: Documenting Movements and Networked Solidarity

2022 • Rutgers University Press

An auto-ethnographic exploration of media co-creation with labor unions and racial justice organizers, analyzing how grassroots video builds solidarity and drives structural change.

View Book at Rutgers University Press

Selected Journal Articles & Essays

Full List on Google Scholar

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