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With the unsettled saga of Seattle still fresh in the public mind, it seems that everybody is eager to know why the world has suddenly woken up to the lofty questions of the economy. Globalisation, mondialisation, relocation takeovers, bulls and bears. These words are not far from the day-to-day life of Geraldo de Sousa, an ex-manual worker at the Ford plant in the suburbs of Sao Paolo. In December 1998, Geraldo was laid-off as part of a wave of 2000 redundancies during the time Brazil was hit by the international financial crisis, and left bemused, he only wants to know who made this decision and why.
This is where we got onto the trail : Trecking across Brazil and the United States, from the shanty town (favelas) of Sao Paolo to the head quarters of the World Bank and the IMF in Washington, our roaming reporter, Jon Alpert, hunts for clues to answer Geraldo’s questions, keeping him constantly informed through internet and video-conferencing.
A veritable journey into the inner-workings of the world economy, guarding one burning question : Will Geraldo get his old job back ?
One year later, we got in touch again with Geraldo, who got his job back at Ford company.
He opens up about what he got through :an approach very sensitive of a phenomenom straight connected with globalization.
This new 40 minutes version, and its “happy end“ adds to the documentary a strong point, allowing us to deal with a difficult problem in a relevant and sensitive way.
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