Description:
In
2015, a year before Trump was elected in the U.S., Argentina elected
president Macri. These two are remarkably similar in how they
campaigned and the policies they promote. Argentines have mounted
creative resistance - worker coops, street protests, theater and
music - that offer lessons for us in the North.
Biography: Mark
Dworkin and Melissa
Young (Moving Images) are veteran documentary producers, with prestigious awards from CINE,
Houston, Columbus, Prix Leonardo, International Wildlife, Women in
Film/Seattle, Chicago, NW Film and Video Festivals. Their films are
in broad circulation in academic and community settings and five have
been broadcast nationally on PBS stations. Good
Food, broadcast in 2010,
takes a look at the expanding sustainable food and farming system in
the Pacific Northwest. Argentina
– Turning Around examined worker run factories that arose in Argentina several years
after a severe economic collapse.
