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The Take (2004)

The Take (2004)

Documentary

Occupy. Resist. Produce.

Release Date: 2004, September 3
Directors: Avi Lewis
Countries: Argentina, Canada
Cast: Matilde Adorno

Overview:

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale.

Keywords:

politics president worker democracy economics globalization radical take system opposition