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Maquilapolis, City of factories, produced and directed by Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre

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Maquilapolis, City of factories, produced and directed by Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Language
spa
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Maquilapolis
Responsibility statement
produced and directed by Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Runtime
68
Sub title
City of factories
Summary
Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Maquiladora workers produce televisions, electrical cables, toys, clothes, batteries and IV tubes, they weave the very fabric of life for consumer nations. They also confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos -- life on the frontier of the global economy. Carmen and her colleague Lourdes reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize for change: Carmen takes a major television manufacturer to task for violating her labor rights. Lourdes pressures the government to clean up a toxic waste dump left behind by a departing factory. Incorporates video diaries by the women
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
City of factories
Contributor
Subject

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