Beyond elections :  redefining democracy in the Americas / 
 Redefining democracy in the Americas Spanish title:  Mas allá de las elecciones Portuguese title:  Além das eleições 
filmed, directed & produced by Sílvia Leindecker & Michael Fox. 
, Brazil  Venezuela  United States 
 - 1 online resource (1 video file (115 min.)) :  sound, color. 
<br/><br/> Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. 
<br/><br/>Camerawork, interviews & edition, Sílvia Leindecker & Michael Fox.  Camerawork, interviews & edition, Sílvia Leindecker & Michael Fox. 
<br/><br/>hasta 8 con los primeros tres en los 700s 
<br/><br/> In 1989, the Brazilian Workers' Party altered the concept of local government when they installed participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, allowing residents to participate directly in the allocation of city funds. Ten years later, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was swept into power with the promise of granting direct participation to the Venezuelan people, who later formed tens of thousands of self-organized communal councils. In the Southern Cone, cooperative and recuperated factory numbers have grown, and across the Americas social movements and constitutional assemblies are taking authority away from the ruling elites and putting power into the hands of their members and citizens. The film features interviews with Eduardo Galeano, Amy Goodman, Emir Sader, Marta Harnecker, Ward Churchill, and Leonardo Avritzer, as well as with cooperative and community members, elected representatives, academics, and activists from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, United States, Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia. 
<br/><br/><br/>In Spanish, Portuguese, and English; with optional Spanish subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy--North America.<br/>Democracy--South America.<br/>Democracy--Latin America.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Documentary films<br/>Educational films.<br/>Feature films.<br/>Nonfiction films.<br/>Internet videos.<br/>Streaming video.