DAJ Kansai Movie Night (Kyoto) - "The Take" July 24, 2007

(doors open at 5 p.m.)

* Admission: FREE, but a 500-yen donation is appreciated from US citizens.
* Assorted foods and drinks are available.

About THE TAKE...

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 globalization debate on its head.

In the wake of Argentina's dramatic 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 auto plant lies dormant until its former employees take action. They're part of a daring new movement of workers who are occupying bankrupt businesses and creating jobs in the ruins of the failed system.

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 struggle: the demand for dignity and the searing injustice of dignity denied.

More info at the film's official website...
http://www.thetake.org/

For more info, contact: kansai-movies AT demsjapan DOT jp

Official Website: http://www.demsjapan.jp/node/80