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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 f...

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Corporate Authors: Independent Television Service, CineMamás Productions, Grupo Factor X., Colectivo Chilpancingo, Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres, California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Funari, Vicky, De La Torre, Sergio, Durán, Carmen, Luján, Lourdes
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
English
Language Notes:In English and Spanish; chiefly Spanish dialogue with English subtitles; some English dialogue with Spanish subtitles and English closed-captioning.
Published: [Vallejo, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2006]
Subjects:
Durán, Carmen.
Luján, Lourdes.
Women offshore assembly industry workers > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California) > Social conditions.
Women in development > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Manufacturing industries > Social aspects > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Offshore assembly industry > Employees > Labor unions > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Offshore assembly industry > Environmental aspects > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) > Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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.
Item Description:"The women in this film developed and created its images, sounds and ideas in collaboration with the filmmakers."--Credits.
Originally released as a documentary in 2006.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; stereo.
Production Credits:Editor, Vicky Funari ; original score, Pauline Oliveros with Bostich and Fussible Nortec Collective, and John Blue ; 16 mm cinematography, Daniel Gorrell, Sophia Constantinou.