The Women of Brukman
Cinema Politica Charlottetown, February 13th, 7 p.m. at AVC, Lecture Theatre D
Posted: Friday 3rd February 2012 11:37
During the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina, the seamstresses at Brukman’s clothing factory took over the operation the owners had abandoned. They reorganized it on a self-management model, without a doubt the most inspiring of the many new economic experiments in that country. The name Brukman’s went from being a symbol of worker exploitation to being a site of revolutionary labour participation – all workers, no bosses. Montreal-based film-maker Isaac Isitan followed these courageous women over many years, bearing witness to their struggle to get the operation running again, their expulsion from the factory, months of battling to get it back, and tangles with the law. This is the story of a venture that began as a means of survival and became a genuine school for civics. Besides following the labour politics, the film also gets close to the women as individuals finding a way to put dignity into their working lives. For more information: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/women-bruckman. Check out Cinema Politica Charlottetown at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinema-Politica-Charlottetown/181449918563271
Monday, February 13th,
7 p.m.
Atlantic Veterinary College Lecture Theatre D
Admission free, donations welcome.
Co-hosted by CUPE, PEI Federation of Labour and Cinema Politica Charlottetown
During the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina, the seamstresses at Brukman’s clothing factory took over the operation the owners had abandoned. They reorganized it on a self-management model, without a doubt the most inspiring of the many new economic experiments in that country. The name Brukman’s went from being a symbol of worker exploitation to being a site of revolutionary labour participation – all workers, no bosses.
Montreal-based film-maker Isaac Isitan followed these courageous women over many years, bearing witness to their struggle to get the operation running again, their expulsion from the factory, months of battling to get it back, and tangles with the law. This is the story of a venture that began as a means of survival and became a genuine school for civics. Besides following the labour politics, the film also gets close to the women as individuals finding a way to put dignity into their working lives.
For more information: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/women-bruckman.
Check out Cinema Politica Charlottetown at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinema-Politica-Charlottetown/181449918563271