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"The Cardboard People"
Los Cartoneros (2006)
Documentary, 27 mins.
a movieby: Michael McLean
shot Aug.-Nov. 2005, BaAs, Arg.
Original music: Nicholas Coleman
Translated by: Marina Recalde
a movie
shot Aug.-Nov. 2005, BaAs, Arg.
Original music: Nicholas Coleman
Translated by: Marina Recalde
SCREENINGS
Recycling as a Way of Life - The Cartoneros of Buenos Aires | |
| Date: Tuesday, May. 1, 2007, 7:30 pm | |
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| Location: Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio La Casa Hispánica (Harvey) | Sponsor: Hispanic Studies Additional Sponsors: PRESHCO |
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TWO DOCUMENTARIES With an introduction by director Michael McLean Cartoneros (2005, 27 min) Michael McLean (2006, 60 min) Ernesto Livon-Grosman | |
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SYNOPSIS
Juanchi, a 21-year-old from a small town outside Buenos Aires, supports himself and his family by digging through trash. Six days a week, Juanchi roams the streets of the Argentine capital in search of cardboard and other recyclables, hoping to sell his findings to a recycling depository.
Like thousands of Argentines, he is un cartonero, a cardboard collector. Common sights on Buenos Aires’ bustling boulevards, they compromise part of the country’s booming informal economy, which swelled drastically following the 2001 economic collapse. Now, as the government scrambles to repay foreign debts and find solid footing in an ever globalized economy, the cardboard collectors’ presence in the Argentine discourse continues to emerge. Will the benefits of free trade trickle down to people like Juanchi? How does Argentina’s partnership with the IMF and the World Bank play into their struggle for daily survival?
Los Cartoneros explores the relationship of globalization, poverty, and how they affect the lives of those living through them.
Like thousands of Argentines, he is un cartonero, a cardboard collector. Common sights on Buenos Aires’ bustling boulevards, they compromise part of the country’s booming informal economy, which swelled drastically following the 2001 economic collapse. Now, as the government scrambles to repay foreign debts and find solid footing in an ever globalized economy, the cardboard collectors’ presence in the Argentine discourse continues to emerge. Will the benefits of free trade trickle down to people like Juanchi? How does Argentina’s partnership with the IMF and the World Bank play into their struggle for daily survival?
Los Cartoneros explores the relationship of globalization, poverty, and how they affect the lives of those living through them.
This Is....
This is a blog made for the documentary movie Los Cartoneros.
The movie has been screened in college classes and activist events in New Jersey and New York. Its comes from Mindful Media, a collective of independent filmmakers seeking to create change through producing artistic, insightful and truthful media about people and social issues.
For more information please contact: maik_mclean@yahoo.com or sammyloren1@hotmail.com or julia.reagan@gmail.com
For more information please contact: maik_mclean@yahoo.com or sammyloren1@hotmail.com or julia.reagan@gmail.com
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