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DESCRIPTION:A.N.S.W.E.R. Film Series  Memoria del Saqueo (Social Genocide)  “The 
 government must resign! Kick them out!” In December 2001, Argentina was 
 in a state of siege—thousands of people filled the streets banging on 
 pots and pans, protesting decades of corrupt leadership that resulted in 
 devastating economic ruin. Director Fernando Solanas opens with this 
 astounding scene and, in ten incisive chapters, shows how the Argentine 
 government systematically betrayed its people through disastrous policies, 
 saddling the country with “never-ending debt.”      Interviews with 
 everyday people reveal the human cost—extreme poverty, chronic 
 unemployment, starvation and lost life savings. Solanas coins the term 
 “mafiocracy” to describe the people—from politicians and magistrates 
 to businessmen and union leaders—who took kickbacks and made corrupt 
 deals with astonishing impunity. For years, valuable state-owned utilities 
 and industries were privatized and sold for a pittance, a process many 
 Latin Americans call neoliberalism. Startling editing, compelling footage, 
 pointed chapter headings—“A Chronicle of Treason,” “The Republic 
 Deteriorates”—and the intense on-camera presence of Solanas himself 
 convey his fury towards those responsible for Argentina’s social 
 disaster, including corporations, the IMF and even a complicit, 
 relentlessly upbeat media. Though Memoria Del Saqueo focuses on the 
 systematic despoiling of Argentina, it also offers a measure of hope: with 
 solidarity, protests, and resistance, citizens, can hold their government 
 accountable for its failures. 2004, Argentina, Spanish with English 
 subtitles, 120min.  A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End 
 Racism) http://www.actionsf.org \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/05/99783.php
SUMMARY:Film - "Memoria del Saqueo" (Social Genocide)
LOCATION:ATA (Artisits Television Access)   992 Valencia St. at 21st 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/05/99783.php
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