Avi Lewis, Bill Clinton, Carlos Menem

This is the story of working people who decide to fight back against a corrupt and brutal system. Against the backdrop of Argentina's historic economic collapse, the film chronicles the extraordinary ...( read more  read more... )story of workers and activists who take back their bankrupted businesses, and run them without bosses. To reclaim their lives and their dignity, they first have to face down the former owners, the trigger-happy police, and, in the midst of national elections, the prospect of a repressive government returning to power.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Avi Lewis

Release Date: October 29, 2004

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DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006

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  • July 19, 2009
    Brilliant, if naturally one-sided. Though, deciding to come down hard on one side of the political fence when the other side is utterly monstrous, is something to be applauded. Especially considering America's utter neglect toward the hemisphere in which we honed our brutalizing ...( read more)tactics... this documentary brings to light an event that is nowhere close to the spotlight of the international media, yet utterly essential to understanding how we might rise above our current problems.
  • January 17, 2008
    recommended by Oscar
  • November 2, 2007
    Here is a story of the people. You think union histories are inspiring, look at what these workers did with an abandoned factory?
  • March 14, 2007
    if you're not pro-worker, then pass this one by...
  • February 5, 2007
    I like this.....it sounds awesome.
  • October 30, 2006
    '' with the fall of 'Capitlisim' on the horizion, there is much much hope.
    The Take is a documentary released in 2004 by the wife and husband team of Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis. It is about the process in Argentina where workers took back control of the plants where they used to ...( read more)work and turn them into a cooperative managed by the workers.
    Possible models for the future with things turn to the dogs ... remmeber Rome?.
  • July 5, 2006
    YES!! sounds amazing liek a Stcik to the man type of movie!!!!!
  • June 17, 2006
    Un peu biaisé comme documentaire, certes, mais à la fois touchant et intéressant. Raconte l'histoire de travailleurs en Argentine qui prennent le contrôle de leurs usines après le crash des années 90 qui a fait tomber ce pays autrefois très comparable au Canada dans une crise éco...( read more)nomique terrible.

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