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Metalworkers
In 1979 and 1980, workers in São Paulo’s metallurgical industry organized a series of strikes that changed the face of union politics in Brazil. In the process, they established the groundwork for Brazil’s Worker’s Party and brought to the national spotlight union leader Luís Inácio Lula da Silva. Metalworkers is a feature-length documentary about the stories of 21 of these workers who took part in these historic strikes but remain in relative anonymity today.
| Release : | 2004 |
| Rating : | 7.7 |
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| Crew : | Cinematography, Assistant Director, |
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| Genre : | Documentary |
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Strong and Moving!
Sadly Over-hyped
Powerful
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
In this documentary, Eduardo Coutinho follows his "trademark", interviewing workers from the Brazilian ABC twenty-three years after their first strike leaded by their leader Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva. In 1979, Brazil lived a dictatorship, and the metallurgic were the first class of workers that, under the command of the president of their union, Lula, organized a strike in the military regime and faced the police and the dominant class (entrepreneurs). Coutinho interviews, using his manipulative method, workers that participated of this movement and worshipped Lula, together with footages of their conventions and inter-titles explaining the political and economical situation of Brazil in that moment. A couple of months later, Lula was elected President of Brazil.I believe this documentary deserved a sequel, interviewing the same persons to hear their opinion about the government of Lula from 2002-2006, who was surrounded by scandals of corruption and reelected for another four-years period. For the overseas, "peões" is a pejorative designation of workers, who wear uniform and are moved wherever the boss wants. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Peões" ("Pawns" (literally), but meaning workers)
