The Light And The Strength

The Light And The Strength

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 2017

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

La Luz y La Fuerza

Production Companies

Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Director

Alejandra Islas

Description

What can thousands of electric energy workers do after being laid off from one day to the other? 16,599 workers reinvent themselves in order to resist, to go back to their jobs and also avoid that electric energy in Mexico be privatized. Four years of amazing stories of resistance and of confrontation with the Mexican government, in the midst of an acute global labor crisis.