We Maintain It Is Possible

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Chris Marker’s documentary replaces a single protagonist with the collective ability to act of the Lip watch factory workers. Using a montage of photographic evidence, the film presents a fragmented, multi-perspective view of systemic conflict. This approach disrupts the objective gaze of journalism to highlight the decentralized power of the workers. The work primarily critiques established Western economic and social hierarchies. By focusing on the disruption of industrial capitalism, it moves away from individualist narratives toward a study of class-based power dynamics. While the film excels in its institutional critique, its scope is largely confined to the specific socio-economic context of the 1970s French labor movement.