The Take: SF Premiere


Friday, February 18 2005 @ 08:00 PM PST - 10:00PM

Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight Street
San Francisco

A new film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein

The Take explores workers' take-overs of factories to fight Argentina’s economic collapse.

A Special Benefit Screening for Media Alliance, 8pm. Filmmakers in Person.

**SPECIAL: MA MEMBERS ONLY TICKET OFFER**

Photo Gallery HERE.

The Take runs Friday, February 18 – Sunday, February 27 at The Red Vic Movie House

Summary

In the wake of Argentina's spectacular economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. The Forja San Martin auto plant had been dormant until its former employees take action. 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" threatens to turn the globalization debate on its head.

In The Take, director Avi Lewis and writer Naomi Klein (author of the international best-seller, No Logo) combine the stories of the workers and their families, stories of their struggle for jobs and dignity, with comments from factory owners, politicians and judges, and an examination of the macro-economic policies of globalization.

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and author of the international best-seller No Logo. Prior to directing, Avi Lewis worked as the host and producer of counterSpin on CBC Newsworld, where he presided over more than 500 nationally televised debates in three years.