Social Genocide

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Release date: March 18, 2004
Duration: 120 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
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Keith Richards
Self (archive footage)
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Ronnie Wood
Self (archive footage)
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Fernando E. Solanas
Narrator (voice)