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Video Machete's SOMOS MEDIA FEST May 1-5 '07
SOMOS Media Festival is a gathering of works that bring to existence the creative energy of artists, educators, performers, activists and community members. Join us for a week of storytelling through video screenings and audio installations , through our wounded knee exhibit, hands on workshops and musical performances by local artists.
MAY 1-5 Schedule
Tue May 1
The Take 7pm $8 / $3 Seniors, Students & Youth
The story of the workers' struggle is set against the dramatic backdrop of a crucial presidential election in Argentina, in which the architect of the economic collapse, Carlos Menem, is the front-runner. His cronies, the former owners, are circling: if he wins, they'll take back the companies that the movement has worked so hard to revive. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale.
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.
Performances by Chgo Artists 8:30 pm
video machete is supported by the national endowment for the arts, the ford foundation, aol/time warner foundation,
the community arts partnerships in education, after school matters, and through generaous support from individuals internationaly