The Take (2004)
Occupy. Resist. Produce.
87 min
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.
- Release date
- September 28, 2006
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Music
- David Wall
Where to watch
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Cast
- Matilde Adorno as Self - Worker
- Michel Camadessus as Self
- Gustavo Cordera as Self (singer)
- Freddy Espinoza as Self (president of La Forja)
- Raul Godoy as Self
- Néstor Kirchner as Self
- Naomi Klein as Self (also narrator)
- Avi Lewis as Self (also narrator)
- Celia Martinez as Self
Crew
- Bill Clinton · Archive footage
- Avi Lewis · Director
- Naomi Klein · Writer
- Silva Basmajian · Producer
- Naomi Klein · Producer
- Avi Lewis · Producer
- David Wall · Composer
- Mark Ellam · Cinematographer
- Ricardo Acosta · Editor