The Take
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-09-03
Runtime: 87 mins
Director: Avi Lewis
Writer: Naomi Klein
Spoken language: Español, English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Take
Production Companies:
Production Countries: Argentina, Canada
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