Social Genocide (2004) ( Memoria del saqueo ) ( Mémoire d'un saccage )

Social Genocide (2004) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Memoria del saqueo
Alternate Title: Mémoire d'un saccage
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Fernando E. Solanas

Written By:
Fernando E. Solanas

Actors:
Mick Jagger ..... Himself (archive footage)
Keith Richards ..... Himself (archive footage)
Fernando E. Solanas ..... Narrator (voice)
Ron Wood ..... Himself (archive footage)

Synopsis:

Activist filmmaker Fernando E. Solanas, best known for his revolutionary documentary La Hora de los Hornos, directed this incisive look at the crippling economic problems that have befallen Argentina and the politicians who engineered them. Memoria del Saqueo focuses on the regime of Carlos Menem, a former ally of Juan Peron who became president of Argentina in 1989. While Menem was elected on a populist platform, he soon launched a program of selling off state-owned utilities and service companies to international investors at bargain prices, with the new owners demanding higher prices for reduced services while disassembling public companies and selling their assets overseas. In collusion with finance minister Domingo Cavallo, Menem caused Argentina's national debt to skyrocket, and as a well-connected handful became wealthy, the nation's economy began to collapse, with poverty running rampant and unemployment rising to new heights among the rank and file. Memoria del Saqueo details just how Menem and his associates brought down the Argentinean economy, as well as how managed news coverage attempted to persuade the people that their practices were actually in the nation's best interest.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 February, 2019.