Maquilapolis City of factories

Funari, Vicky. (Director, Producer). De La Torre, Sergio. (Producer). Durán, Carmen (Added Author). Luján, Lourdes (Added Author). Independent Television Service. (Added Author). CineMamás Productions. (Added Author). Grupo Factor X. (Added Author). Colectivo Chilpancingo. (Added Author). Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres. (Added Author). California Newsreel (Firm) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)]
videodisc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Vallejo, CA] : California Newsreel, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"The women in this film developed and created its images, sounds and ideas in collaboration with the filmmakers."--Credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, Vicky Funari ; original score, Pauline Oliveros with Bostich and Fussible Nortec Collective, and John Blue ; 16 mm cinematography, Daniel Gorrell, Sophia Constantinou.
Participant or Performer Note:	Carmen Durán, Lourdes Luján.
Language Note:	In English and Spanish; chiefly Spanish dialogue with English subtitles; some English dialogue with Spanish subtitles and English closed captioning.