[van-announce] screening June 3 of ARGENTINA: HOPE IN HARD TIMES

[Sara Koopman]

Hope in Hard Times will screen at UBC on June 3 at 9 pm during the
conference of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.  See the
website [Balle-BC] for full details about this screening [which is open to
the public] and the rest of the conference where David Suzuki will deliver
the closing keynote address on Saturday June 4.  
Argentina film to screen at Balle conference in Vancouver

Friday, June  3, 9 p.m., UBC Farm, 6182 S. Campus Rd., Discussion with
filmmakers

 

>From the voices of the Argentine people comes the inspiring story of
self-determination and rebirth told through the film, Argentina - Hope in
Hard Times. (2005 - 74 minutes)

 

For decades Argentina embraced the policies of the International Monetary
Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, anticipating an
economic boom.  But at the end of 2001, the Argentine economy collapsed, and
one of the most prosperous countries in South America was thrust into
poverty.  The entire political establishment was discredited, and the
country went through a dizzying changeover of four presidents in less than a
month.  

 

Unemployment reached 40%, and even people who were middle class learned how
it felt to be powerless, hungry, and poor. .  Even the formerly upscale and
middle class learned how it feels to be poor, powerless, and hungry.  With
times so hard, people might have turned on each other in fear and
desperation, but instead they turned to each other in mutual support.  

 

Seattle based documentary producers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin arrived
in Argentina on vacation when all of this was unfolding, and finding the
energy irresistible, they pulled out their camera.  The result is Argentina
- Hope in Hard Times.

 

"Que se vayan todos!" - the chants echo off the skyscrapers and burst
through the plazas of Buenos Aires. "Throw them all out!" shout thousands of
Argentine students, housewives, lawyers, weaving their way through the city
one summer evening, banging on pots and pans. 

 

The film joins in the processions and protests, attends street-corner
neighborhood assemblies, visits urban gardens, and cooperatives where
workers are reviving production in factories abandoned by bankrupt owners.
It takes a vivid look at the ways Argentines are picking up the pieces of
their devastated economy to create new possibilities for the future.  

 

A spare narrative and candid street scenes allow the pervasive strength,
humor, and resilience of the Argentine people to tell these tales. Their
energy is reflected in the film's vibrant music and lively pace; their
optimism and pride in its message of hope for people around the world.

 


 
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