Memory for Repeat Offenders" Workers' Struggle and Militancy in the 1970s

The film offers an original perspective on the 1970s, from its thematic choices to its formal production, which renews previous audiovisual productions on the subject. It recovers a wealth of previously unseen archival footage, featuring the voices of disappeared workers, protagonists of emblematic struggles in the 1970s. The product of over five years of research and compilation by the filmmakers, much of this footage is being seen for the first time in more than 35 years, such as the recording of strikes in the northern suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires following the 1973 elections. The documentary explores the era through oral history, testimonies, and the personal experiences of union delegates from that time, whose protagonists confronted the Peronist union bureaucracy. In its approach, the film presents the 1970s as a mosaic of experiences fragmented by time and space. From 1969 to 1976, it narrates four collective stories separated by geography and their own political and social climates. These include the "class-conscious" unions of Fiat Córdoba until 1971; The documentary examines factory struggles in the northern suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires (Astarsa, Del Carlo, Lozadur, Matarazzo) under Perón's government; the Villa Constitución experience in Santa Fe (the strike declared a "conspiracy" by Isabel Perón) in 1974/75; and the general strike in response to the "Rodrigazo" of 1975. The film thus achieves a sharp perspective on the relationship between Peronism, the union leadership, and the rank and file, the creation of the Triple A (Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance), and paramilitary repression. But above all, in its nearly two hours of runtime, it becomes a time machine that transports the viewer to feel the pulse and spirit of an era that has resurfaced to spark controversy.