Film Screening: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein’s “The Take”
April 29 @ 7:00 pm
Film Screening: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein’s “The Take” In honour of International Workers’ Day, in collaboration with BC Nurses Union (BCNU), Cinema Politica qathet is pleased to present a documentary by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, “The Take” (2004).
Entry by donation
Film will open with a panel discussion with: Tanille Johnston (Campbell River city councilor, and NDP leadership candidate) Sylvia Marques (BCGEU organiser) Synopsis: In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts 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.
With The Take, director Avi Lewis and writer Naomi Klein champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcostesKolk