The Take
Canada, Argentina
2004
87 Min
Color
1.33:1
Spanish, English
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Occupy. Resist. Produce. In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts 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. With The Take, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada’s most outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller No Logo, champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century.
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The Take
By Roger Ebert on January 23, 2008
As one documentary after another attacks the International Monetary Fund and its pillaging of the Third World, I wish I knew the first thing about global economics. If these films are as correct as they
Fixing Argentina: One Grass-Roots but Uphill Approach
By Elvis Mitchell on January 23, 2008
“The Take,” a stirring, idealistic documentary that examines the grass-roots cooperative movement in financially devastated Argentina, raises basic questions about economics, government and human nature
The Take
By Kevin Thomas on January 23, 2008
Director Avi Lewis and writer Naomi Klein’s “The Take” is a compelling and suspenseful cautionary tale documenting the consequences of globalization that is universal in its implications. However, as it
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