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The Take
20041 h 27 min 5 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Avi Lewis
Production: Avi LewisNaomi KleinKatie McKennaSilva Basmajian (National Film Board of Canada)Laszlo BarnaJerry McIntoshMarie Natanson
Script: Naomi Klein
Produced by Barna-Alper Inc. and Klein Lewis Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, and with the assistance of CAVCO and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit Program.
The Take is a political thriller that turns the globalization debate on its head. The film follows Argentina's radical new movement of occupied businesses: groups of workers who are claiming the country's bankrupt workplaces and running them without bosses.
With The Take, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada's most outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller No Logo, champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century. But what shines through in the film is the simple drama of workers lives and their struggles: the demand for dignity and the searing injustice of dignity denied.
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Subject categories
- Work and Labour Relations > Company ClosuresUnionization and the Labour Movement
- Social Issues > Foreign Societies
- Economics > Globalization
- Developing Countries > South America
- History and Citizenship Education > Economy and Development (1500-present)Issues in Society Today
- Civics/Citizenship > Ideologies
- Social Studies > Labour Studies
Credits
- director
- Avi Lewis
- writer
- Naomi Klein
- editor
- Ricardo Acosta
- director of photography
- Mark Ellam
- location sound
- Jason Milligan
- composer
- David Wall
- producer
- Avi Lewis
- Naomi Klein
- Silva Basmajian
- co-producer
- Katie McKenna
- executive producer
- Laszlo Barna
- Jerry McIntosh
- Marie Natanson
- line production
- Pim van der Toorn
- field producer
- Esteban Magnani
- Julian Massaldi-Fuchs
- Cecilia Sainz
- Silvana Santiago
- senior field producer
- Dawn Makinson
- visual researcher
- Dawn Makinson
- second camera
- John Jordan
- Robin McKenna
- second sound
- Susana Guichal
- additional camera
- Ricardo D'Angelis
- Avi Lewis
- Cecilia Sainz
- production manager
- Paula Talesnik
- Susan Baker
- post coordinator
- Paula Talesnik
- logistics coordinator
- David Meslin
- research
- Tomas Bril Mascarenhas
- Joseph Huff-Hannon
- on-line facility
- Fearless Films
- online editor
- Andrew Mandziuk
- colourist
- Andrew Mandziuk
- title design
- Lee Towndrow
- visual effects
- Lee Towndrow
- audio post-production
- Film Sound One
- mixing facility
- Film Sound One
- post-production audio supervisor
- Daniel Pellerin
- mixer
- Daniel Pellerin
- re-recording mixer
- Dwayne Newman
- supervising sound editor
- Dwayne Newman
- sound effects editor
- Brian Schwarz
- dialogue editor
- Geoff Raffan
- post sound assistant
- Steven Budd
- translator
- Julian Massaldi-Fuchs
- Joseph Huff-Hannon
- transcription services
- Dawn Makinson
- Joseph Huff-Hannon
- Multimedia Transcriptions
- post-production assistant
- Silvia Disabatino
- production stills
- Andres D'Elia
- narrator
- Naomi Klein
- Avi Lewis
- supervising executive
- Margaret O'Brien
- business & legal affairs
- Brooke Lovell
- manager, business affairs
- Nicole Butler
- business affairs
- Susan Baek
- legal services
- Hall & Associates
- archive clearance
- Elspeth Domville
- distribution coordinator
- Monica Penner
- production secretary
- Vjera Hlozan
- production accountant
- JC Caveen
- production assistant
- Kelly McLaughlin
- Melissa Kehoe
- executive assistant
- Jane Clarke
- Myro Fal
Awards
- Award for Best Film - Category: Human Rights and JusticeVermont International Film Festival
- Grand Jury Prize - Category: International Documentary CompetitionAFI International Film Festival