16m; India
Director: Andre Hörmann
Synopsis: Inside an Indian call center.
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Calixto, The Landlord (No Hay Tierra Sin Dueño) [2003]
107m; Honduras
Director: Sami Kafati
Cast: José Luis López, Saul Toro and Daniel Vasquez
Synopsis (IMDB): The film tells the story of a ruthless landowner who commandeers property (both land and other men’s wives) and leaves a path of human suffering and death in his wake. The film describes an intersecting universe of entrenched power–in which the landowning class, colluding priests, corrupt government officials, violent police, and U.S. businessmen–conspiring to rape the land for their own profit and to suppress the local farmers. In contrast, the working peasants cherish the land as their own and struggle to break free from oppression to build homes and better lives for their families
Cama Adrento (2004)
83m; Argentina
Director: Jorge Gaggero
Synopsis: A wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routines and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into an economic crisis.
Can’t Do It In Europe (2006)
46m
Director: Charlotta Copcutt, Anna Weitz & Anna Klara Åhrén
Synopsis: CAN’T DO IT IN EUROPE portrays this new phenomenon of ‘reality tourism,’ whereby bored American or European travelers seek out real-life experiences as exciting tourist “adventures.” The film follows a group of such international tourists as they visit the mines in Potosi—the poorest city in the poorest nation in Latin America—where Bolivian miners work by hand, just as they did centuries ago, to extract silver from the earth.
Contact: http://icarusfilms.com/new2006/cant.html
Capitalism Hits The Fan; Richard Wolff on the Economic Meltdown (2008)
57m; U.S.
Director:
Synopsis: Renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today’s economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself.
Contact: http://www.capitalismhitsthefan.com/
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
127m; U.S.
Director: Michael Moore
Synopsis: On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece “Roger & Me,” Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” comes home to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime scene is far wider than Flint, Michigan.
Caribe (2004)
90m; Costa Rica
Director: Esteban Ramírez
Synopsis: A married couple must cope with unemployment, sexual tensions, and the establishment of an American oil company in their Caribbean paradise.
Contact: http://www.caribelapelicula.com/
Carlo Giuliani, A Boy (“Carlo Giuliani, Ragazzo”) [2002]
63m; Italy
Director: Francesca Comencini
Synopsis: A profile of anti-G8 activist murdered by police in Genoa.
Contact: Print Source Rosella Gori Adriana Chiesa Enterprises Via Barnaba Oriani 24/A – 00197 Rome, Phone: 39 068 070 400 Fax: 39 068 068 7855 Email: adrianachiesa.ent@libero.it
Cartoneros (2006)
60m; U.S.
Director: Ernesto Livon-Grosman
Synopsis: Economic crises forces Argentinian middle class into ranks of the Buenos Aires trash pickers.
Contact: Brittany Gravely, brittany@der.org 800.569.6621 http://www.cartonerosdoc.com/Cartoneros.html
China Blue (2005)
86m; U.S.
Director: Micha X. Peled
Synopsis: Young Chinese garment workers: the human cost of cheap jeans.
Contact: micha1teddybearfilms@earthlink.net
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