The big sell-off

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Movie
Original title The big sell-off
Country of production Germany
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Florian Opitz
script Florian Opitz
production Arne Ludwig ,
Felix Blum
music Marcus Schmickler
camera Andy Lehmann
cut Niko Remus
occupation

The big sale is a film by Florian Opitz . It was produced in 2006 and was released in theaters on May 17, 2007 at Majestic Filmverleih . Since May 2008 it has also been available on DVD. The film is a documentary about the increasing privatizations around the world. Four examples were selected here. The film is shown internationally under the English title The Big Sellout .

content

In the film, the viewer is introduced to the subject of privatization . Four examples show different perspectives of people who are directly affected by the often inhuman and misguided attempts to increase economic growth through privatization. These are people who defend themselves against it in their very own personal way.

Bongani Lubisi

Bongani Lubisi, a 32-year-old father of two, works in the South African township of Soweto to ensure that poor families are connected to the electricity grid. As a result of the privatization of energy generation, the Eskom Group's electricity price rose many times over and is now unaffordable for many people. With the help of friends who belong to the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC), Lubisi tries to illegally supply the poor with electricity. He risks arrest and jail sentence. He passed away four months after the film was shot.

Simon Weller

Simon Weller is a train driver from Brighton in the south of England . He reported on the privatization of British Rail ( BR ). Since 1994 , British Rail has been privatized and now consists of countless small railroad companies competing with one another to provide cheaper prices and better service. At that time, there was unfortunately inadequate regulation of who should be responsible for maintaining the railway infrastructure ( rail network, etc.), investing in safety and coordinating timetables, which led to numerous tragic train accidents.

Minda Lorando

Minda Lorando is a 53-year-old mother and lives with her 19-year-old son Jinky in the slums of Manila . The health system in the Philippine capital has been gradually privatized. Treatments are no longer free for the poor. Since Minda's son has a kidney disease, she has to go out every day to raise enough money for dialysis . She even begs high-ranking MPs for this. She taps the electricity for her quarters illegally.

Rosa de Turpo

The 60-year-old mother of five experienced the water war in the Bolivian city ​​of Cochabamba up close. In 2000 the privatized company Aguas de Tunari (subsidiary of the American group Bechtel Corporation ) tripled water prices within a very short time. So they were priceless for many people. Over time, the citizens of Cochabamba resisted the privatization and martial law was imposed on the city. Eventually, the citizens forced the government to withdraw from privatization. A total of seven people died and hundreds were injured.

Reviews

“The convincing documentary denounces the downside of increasing privatization, in which states see the solution to their financial problems without weighing the consequences for those affected. Without any ideological blinkers, the film without comment takes a position and underpins it with decidedly cinematic images. "

- Lexicon of international film :

Awards

2009: Grimme Prize in the Information & Culture category

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for the big sale . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2007 (PDF; test number: 109 018 K).
  2. ↑ The big sale. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 25, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used