Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein

The Take - La Prise - 2004 - DVD - 87m

In the wake of Argentina's spectacular economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed autoparts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to restart the silent machines. But this simple act Ñthe take Ñhas the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Director/producer Avi Lewis (Counterspin) and writer/producer and renowned author Naomi Klein (No Logo) take viewers inside the lives of ordinary visionaries, as they reclaim their work, their dignity and their democracy. Klein Lewis Productions, Barna-Alper Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), National Film Board of Canada (NFB)


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