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Argentina - Hope in Hard Times

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Producer(s)	Melissa Young
Director(s)	Mark Dworkin, Melissa Young
Release Date	2004
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	N/A min
Format(s)	none
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No

Film Description

'Que se vayan todos!' Chants echo off the skyscrapers, burst through the plazas, and clamor down the streets of Buenos Aires. 'Throw them all out!' shout Argentine housewives, students, lawyers, weaving their way through the city one summer evening, banging on pots and pans. These are their inspiring stories - of a failed economy and distrusted politicians, of heartache and hard times, of a resurgence of grass roots democracy, and of an irrepressible spirit of community - told in colorful, resonant detail.

ARGENTINA-HOPE IN HARD TIMES joins in the processions and protests, attends street-corner neighborhood assemblies, visits workers' cooperatives and urban gardens, taking a close-up look at the ways in which Argentines are picking up the pieces of their devastated economy and creating new possibilities for the future. A spare narrative, informal interview settings, 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 in other parts of the world, who just may be inspired themselves to seek new answers.

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Last Updated On:	March 15, 2009