The Take

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The Take is a 2004 documentary film that follows Argentine workers as they reclaim and run a bankrupt factory as a cooperative, co-created by writer and activist Naomi Klein.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Argentine documentary film
documentary film
awardReceived Best Documentary Feature – American Film Institute Festival
basedOn reporting by Naomi Klein on Argentina’s economic crisis
cinematographyBy Mark Ellam
coCreator Naomi Klein
countryOfOrigin Argentina
Canada
depicts workers running a factory as a cooperative
director Avi Lewis
distributor Barna-Alper Productions
National Film Board of Canada
editedBy Peter Roeck
featuresPerson Avi Lewis
Naomi Klein
follows Argentine workers who reclaim a bankrupt factory
genre independent film
political documentary
hasCastMember workers of the Forja auto-parts factory
hasPublicationDate 2004-09-10
hasTheme anti-corporate activism
economic justice
social movements in Latin America
worker self-management
musicBy Patrick Watson
narrativeFocus recovered factories movement in Argentina
originalLanguage English
Spanish
portrays alternatives to corporate capitalism
producer Avi Lewis
Naomi Klein
productionCompany Barna-Alper Productions
National Film Board of Canada
releaseYear 2004
runtimeMinutes 87
screenedAt Toronto International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
settingLocation Argentina
Buenos Aires Province
subject Argentine economic crisis
factory occupations in Argentina
globalization
neoliberalism
worker cooperatives
writer Naomi Klein

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Naomi Klein
coCreated
Avi Lewis
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