Viaje al centro de la producción (2015)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 26M
Director : Damián Finvarb, Ariel Borenstein
Sinopsis
The film investigates an industry considered one of the pillars of growth during Kirchnerism in which, during these years, relations and conflicts were drawn between the manufacturers - foreign in its entirety -, the auto parts companies, the Argentine government, the Brazilian one, the union leaderships. -centrally from SMATA-, the workers and the left. The documentary delves into the interests that intersect and the confrontations that originate between the different actors in the chain, which became clear in recent times when the industry, which aspired to reach one million cars manufactured per year, began to regress. The different actors of the "Journey to the Center of Production" are intertwined in the conflict of the auto parts company Gestamp, which opened a dispute regarding who pays for the crisis in the sector and what solutions are seen in that dispute.
Como consecuencia de la crisis económica, una fábrica de automóviles de un pueblo de Pensilvania se ve obligada a cerrar. Para poner remedio a la situación, su capataz Hunt viaja a Tokio con el objetivo de que la firma nipona Assan adquiera la quebrada empresa. Lo conseguirá, pero ahora los trabajadores deberán adaptarse a la mentalidad laboral japonesa y pasar por un complicado proceso de reciclaje.
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Documental que denuncia básicamente las razones por las que los coches eléctricos han sido borrados del mapa desde el prometedor comienzo que los EV tuvieran en los años 90.
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. El ingeniero Preston Tucker sueña con diseñar el coche del futuro, pero su innovadora visión se verá continuamente saboteada por sus propias expectativas, poco realistas, y por los poderosos magnates de la industria automovilística de Detroit.
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Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our generation. The film exposes shocking connections between the auto industry, the oil industry, and the government, while exploring alternative energies such as solar, wind, electricity, and non-food-based biofuels.
Shimu tiene 23 años. Dejó su ciudad cuando era niña y ahora vive en Dhaka. Trabaja en la industria textil en condiciones muy duras y con un sueldo muy precario, de manera que decide unirse a sus compañeras de trabajo para reivindicar mejores condiciones laborales. A pesar de las amenazas de sus superiores para el cese de las presiones que ejercen ella y las demás mujeres, y la desaprobación de su marido, decide seguir en la lucha desafiando la adversidad segura de conseguir lo que persigue.
A documentary about the history of American dependence on oil.
Pickup trucks are essential to the American way of life; manufacturers compete to outsmart, outmaneuver and outlast each other; experts, designers and historians weigh in on the most influential innovations in the truck world over the past 120 years.
Stefan Dubechek (Brian Dennehy) es un campesino checo que emigra a los EEUU, donde un primo le consigue trabajo en una mina... pero, las aspiraciones de Stephen Dangos -como comenzará a llamarse en la tierra del tío Sam- son ilimitadas y con una fuerte voluntad se puede llegar muy lejos.
This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down the Amazon rainforest to create charcoal for pig iron production used primarily in the automobile industry. The film examines the children and elders and their daily lives and work as they burn timber in igloo-looking huts, their bodies charred gray for $2 a day, struggling to survive.
Documental sobre la tecnología emergente de los coches autónomos y las grandes preguntas que plantean: ¿qué es el control y en quién nos convertimos al cederlo a las máquinas?
A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.
Circumstances force the union leader of a factory to marry his own boss, a rich and arrogant lady who has ulterior motives.
A mixture of documentary and fiction examines the new god of Capitalism offered to the Serbs with the ending of state socialism. We look at a number of strikes in Belgrade during the late 2000s and these introduce us to several characters playing themselves. Employees dressed in American football helmets and pads square up with employers' heavies in their bullet-proof vests, resulting in explosive situations. A visit from the Russian tycoon's representative and vice president Joe Biden's arrival further complicates the proceedings.
Las desaventuras de un emigrante siciliano en Bergamo, que plantea una marcha como protesta.
There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. JU Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member of the team and they all go drinking together to welcome him.
In this allegory on capitalism, director of a known car corporation invites one of his employees to his country villa to give him the good news. He just got promoted. However, the old man is not what he seems and promotion has a price.
The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.
The film investigates an industry considered one of the pillars of growth during Kirchnerism in which, during these years, relations and conflicts were drawn between the manufacturers - foreign in its entirety -, the auto parts companies, the Argentine government, the Brazilian one, the union leaderships. -centrally from SMATA-, the workers and the left. The documentary delves into the interests that intersect and the confrontations that originate between the different actors in the chain, which became clear in recent times when the industry, which aspired to reach one million cars manufactured per year, began to regress. The different actors of the "Journey to the Center of Production" are intertwined in the conflict of the auto parts company Gestamp, which opened a dispute regarding who pays for the crisis in the sector and what solutions are seen in that dispute.
