Food Coop (2016)

In the middle of an economic crisis, in the shadow of Wall Street, an institution that represents a less well-known American tradition is booming. The Park Slope Food Coop: a cooperative supermarket where all 16,000 members work 3 hours per months to earn the right to buy the best food in New York at incredibly low prices. The success of this cooperative is a bad new for capitalism and aggro-alimentary business, and an opportunity to change the food production and distribution systems. We will see what has become of the Park Slope Food Coop, now a well-rooted institution in the heart of Brooklyn: the way it functions, its hundreds of rules, the diversity and eccentricity of its members. We'll see how the culture that has been created at the coop gives its members daily visceral lessons in democracy, how this could represent a potential change in mentality for Americans faced with increasingly difficult economic times.

En pleine crise économique, dans l’ombre de Wall Street, une institution qui représente une autre tradition américaine est en pleine croissance. C’est la coopérative alimentaire de Park Slope, un supermarché autogéré où 16 000 membres travaillent 3 heures par mois pour avoir le droit d’y acheter les meilleurs produits alimentaires dans la ville de New York aux prix on ne peut moins chers.

在经济危机的阴影笼罩之下，华尔街附近却有一家代表着一种不太为人所知的美国传统的机构正蓬勃发展。这就是公园坡食品合作社：一家由全体1.6万名会员共同经营的超市，每位会员每月只需工作三小时，就有权以极低的价格购买纽约品质最佳的食品。这家合作社的成功，对资本主义和大型食品产业来说无疑是个坏消息，同时也为改变食品生产与分配体系提供了契机。我们将深入了解公园坡食品合作社如今的发展状况——它已成为布鲁克林区中心一个根深蒂固的组织：它的运作方式、数以百计的规章制度、成员的多样性以及他们的独特个性。我们还将看到，合作社所孕育的文化如何每天为会员们提供关于民主的切身体验，以及在面对日益艰难的经济形势时，这种文化又如何代表了美国人潜在的心态转变。