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The take [videorecording (DVD)] /

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 20713 | Alliance AtlantisLanguage: English, Spanish Summary language: English, French Publication details: Montreal, Quebec : Alliance Atlantis, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cmOther title:
  • French title from container: Prise [videorecording (DVD)]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Directed by Avi Lewis ; written by Naomi Klein ; produced by Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein ; produced by Barna-Alper Productions and Klein Lewis Productions ; in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund ; and with the assistance of Telefilm Canada ... [et al.].
Narrators: Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis.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. 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 globalisation debate on its head. Avi Lewis/producer Avi Lewis (Counterspin) and writer/producer and renowned author Naomi Klein (No logo) take viewers inside the lives of ordinary visionaries, as they reclaim their work, their dignity and their democracy."--Container.
Holdings
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA TAKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000798299
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DVD special features: "Gustavo Benedetto : presente!" - Avi Lewis' first short film ; "Fire the director : the making of The take" - documentary.

Fullscreen (1.33:1).

Audio: 5.1 Dolby digital Surround, 2.0 Dolby Surround.

"Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2004"--Container.

Directed by Avi Lewis ; written by Naomi Klein ; produced by Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein ; produced by Barna-Alper Productions and Klein Lewis Productions ; in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund ; and with the assistance of Telefilm Canada ... [et al.].

Narrators: Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis.

"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. 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 globalisation debate on its head. Avi Lewis/producer Avi Lewis (Counterspin) and writer/producer and renowned author Naomi Klein (No logo) take viewers inside the lives of ordinary visionaries, as they reclaim their work, their dignity and their democracy."--Container.

Region 1 videodisc.

Home use only.

In English and Spanish with optional French and English (SDH) subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

N/A PG dg

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