Description
| Summary: | From 1967 to 1976, Chris Marker was a member of SLON (the "Company for the Launching of New Works"), which was based on the idea that cinema should not be thought of solely in terms of commerce. 1967 was also the year an important strike broke out at Rhodiaceta, a textile plant in Besançon, France. Chris Marker and members of SLON visited the city to document the strike and the lives and attitudes of the workers. The film's most important moments are composed of conversations with workers and their wives who believe the working class is at the mercy of a system that would like them to remain powerless. And so it was that their local demands grew to questions about the larger political system.
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames.
Originally produced in 1968; previously released in 2003. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (40 min.) |
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| Audience: | 11 and up. |
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| Production Credits: | Camera, Pierre L'homme ; editing, Carlos de los Llanos. |
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| Language: | In French with English subtitles. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 2, 2015). |
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