November 21, 2009
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May / June 2006
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The Take
(First Run/Icarus Films)
www.frif.com
Set after Argentina's International Monetary Fund-generated economic collapse in 2001, this rough-hewn documentary chronicles the rousing trials and triumphs of the country's occupied factory movement. With corporate owners splitting town and selling off anything that's not bolted down, the workers take their jobs back by seizing their factories and forming cooperatives without 'boss, king, or savior.' Directed by Avi Lewis and written by No Logo author Naomi Klein, the story focuses on a group of auto-parts workers, especially one sympathetic father, Freddy Espinosa. 'The saddest thing,' says Espinosa's wife, 'is a man without work.' Indeed, the film wrings every ounce of emotion from these men's and women's simple desire to make a living. While The Take tugs at the heartstrings, the finale is ultimately inspiring: In the battle against globalization, score one point for the workers. -- A.K.

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Heart of the Sea
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Rell Sunn was famous in her native Hawaii: She was a pioneering professional surfer. She was gorgeous. And she was tragic, beginning a losing 14-year battle with breast cancer in 1984 at age 32. But Sunn was beloved because she was Kapolioka'ehukai, or 'Heart of the Sea,' and she extended generosity to her Oahu hometown, Makaha, as gracefully as she handled a breaking wave. She gave away her surfing trophies to local kids in a first, impromptu contest, and the Rell Sunn Menehune Surfing Championships still draw more than 200 children today. In turn, Makaha called Sunn 'Auntie Rell' and 'Queen of Makaha.' By the end you may feel a twinge of perverse thankfulness for the cancer that propelled to the rest of us, as if by trade wind, this glimpse of life fiercely lived. -- S.A.

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