The Take

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The Take

2004

1h 23m

Documentary

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In this documentary, a group of 30 unemployed Argentinian auto workers attempt to kick-start their dead careers. Following in the footsteps of others throughout the country, they set up shop in the desolate auto factory where they used to work, announcing their intentions to re-start the plant as a cooperative business, without the aid of bosses. To keep their plan alive, these radical thinkers must battle the former owners of the company, the government and the police.

Time Out

06/24/2006

Neither slick nor sophisticated, but inspiring nonetheless.

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Empire Magazine

04/01/2006

3/5

Politically powerful, but filmically flawed.

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Matthew Leyland

BBC.com

05/21/2005

Rousing as it is, you can't help feeling at times that the filmmakers have reduced a complex situation to a black and white.

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

03/01/2007

A paean to the resiliency of the human spirit.

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

08/30/2005

Anyone sympathetic with the political viewpoint presented here will find much to admire in the energy and optimism of both the filmmakers and their subjects

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06/13/2024

Everyone needs to watch this and re-imagine how to build an economy owned and controlled by the workers.

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Josef D

04/18/2023

This is one of my favourite films. I've also arranged a few community screenings and it always goes down well. Inspirational.

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12/17/2011

Amazing! It's really something when people, ordinary citizens, show companies and government who's really in charge. This film isn't about socializing the factory, rather giving power to the people who actually keep it running. Really worth a watch.

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12/11/2011

Amazing! It's really something when people, ordinary citizens, show companies and government who's really in charge. This film isn't about socializing the factory, rather giving power to the people who actually keep it running. Really worth a watch.

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12/13/2010

Not only gave you a look on what capitalism did to Argentina but strike far into the tragic situation of the workers & their families.....fear, desperation & starvation are haunting them & making the life really miserable ! I think this kind of corruption is coming/has come to all of the third world countries. It could happen to Egypt very soon unfortunately

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03/30/2010

This documentary is moving and needs to be seen by those who care about democracy in the workplace. Collective ownership is not only possible but the only fair

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Synopsis

In this documentary, a group of 30 unemployed Argentinian auto workers attempt to kick-start their dead careers. Following in the footsteps of others throughout the country, they set up shop in the desolate auto factory where they used to work, announcing their intentions to re-start the plant as a cooperative business, without the aid of bosses. To keep their plan alive, these radical thinkers must battle the former owners of the company, the government and the police.

Director: Avi Lewis
Producer: Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein
Screenwriter: Naomi Klein
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2004, Original
Release Date (DVD): Aug 28, 2012
Runtime: 1h 23m