Social Genocide (movie)
Memoria del saqueo- User score: 7.5
- Production country: Argentina, France, Switzerland
- Producer: Fernando E. Solanas
- Production companies: ADR Productions, Cinesur, Thelma Film
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 3/18/2004
- Run time: 120 min.
Movie description
After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin.
