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DESCRIPTION:The Take   A film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein   The Take explores 
 Worker-Takeovers of Factories to Fight Argentina’s Economic Collapse  
 Opening Night Friday, February 18: Special Benefit Screening for Media 
 Alliance, 8pm. Filmmakers in Person. Tickets for Opening Night 
 contact:http://www.media-alliance.org or 415-546-6334 x300   Friday, 
 February 18 – Sunday, February 27   The Take   Dirs. Avi Lewis & Naomi 
 Klein Canada 2004   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. The Forja San 
 Martin auto plant had been dormant until its former employees take action. 
 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" threatens to turn the 
 globalization debate on its head. The story of the workers' struggle is set 
 against the dramatic backdrop of a crucial presidential election in 
 Argentina, in which the architect of the economic collapse, Carlos Menem, 
 is the front-runner. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in 
 shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers, and 
 a legal system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap 
 metal for sale. In The Take, director Avi Lewis and writer Naomi Klein 
 (author of the international best-seller, No Logo) combine the stories of 
 the workers and their families, stories of their struggle for jobs and 
 dignity, with comments from factory owners, politicians and judges, and an 
 examination of the macro-economic policies of globalization. The result is 
 a compelling political thriller that pits ordinary workers against the 
 local ruling elite and the powerful forces of global capitalism. (87m)   
 Nightly: 7:15, 9:15   Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:15   Wed: 2:00, (4:00 
 Bring Your Own Baby screening),   7:15, 9:15       \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/11/57723.php
SUMMARY:THE TAKE at the Red Vic Movie House 2/18 - 2/27
LOCATION:Red Vic Movie House  1727 Haight St.  SF, CA  94117
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/11/57723.php
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