Factory to the Workers (2021)
Explore a true story of worker-owned resilience in Croatia. Ideal for fans of social documentaries and economic explorations.
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In Croatia in 2005, a machine tools factory was occupied by its workers. Since then, they have operated collectively, becoming the only successful example of a worker occupation in post-socialist Europe. Today, as they seek a new model of collective ownership, the microcosmic world of the factory clashes with the forces of the globalized market economy, having an increasingly brutal impact on wages and the organization of the factory, causing rising disaffection among the workers. Filmmaker Srđan Kovačević returns regularly over a five year period to make a film that charts the evolution of this communal enterprise. Factory to the Workers tells the inside story of the workers who challenged the dominant economic narrative with their actions. After a decade, the same question remains: can a factory in the hands of workers survive at the periphery of capitalism, or do we need a bigger dream?
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[Sheffield/Doc] Splendid portrait of the semi-failure of an initiative of the workers of the ITAS factory in Croatia who decided to face the bankruptcy by assuming the management of the company. The factory is a microcosm of society, with social differences, strained relationships, and different views between older and younger workers. It captures the tension of the loneliness of workers retaliated by institutions.
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