The Take

The Take

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 3, 2004

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

75%

Original Title

The Take

Director

Avi Lewis

Description

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.