Maquilapolis = City of factories /

Using video diaries kept by two women promotoras (community activists), this documentary explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's maquiladoras, the multinationally owned factories that came to Mexico for cheap labor. Maquiladora workers--overwhelmingly women--produce...

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Corporate Authors:	Grupo Factor X., Colectivo Chilpancingo, Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres, California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Funari, Vicky (Producer, Director), De La Torre, Sergio (Producer, Director), McKinnon, Darcy (Producer), Wunderlich, Annelise (Producer), Durán, Carmen (Narrator), Luján, Lourdes (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	Spanish English
Language Notes:	In Spanish with English subtitles and some English with Spanish subtitles.
Published:	[San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [2006]
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Durán, Carmen. Luján, Lourdes. Durán, Carmen Industries > Mexico. Women > Employment > Mexico. Pollution > Mexico. Social change > Mexico. 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. Industries. Employment (Economic theory) Pollution. Social change. Industry Employment Environmental Pollution Social Change Women, Working Mexico Entreprises délocalisées > Personnel > Syndicats > Mexique > Tijuana (Basse-Californie) Industrie manufacturière > Aspect social > Mexique > Tijuana (Basse-Californie) Femmes dans le développement > Mexique > Tijuana (Basse-Californie) Entreprises délocalisées > Personnel féminin > Mexique > Tijuana (Basse-Californie) > Conditions sociales. Industrie > Mexique. Pollution > Mexique. Industrie. Emploi. Changement social. Travailleuses. Industries Manufacturing industries > Social aspects Offshore assembly industry > Employees > Labor unions Offshore assembly industry > Environmental aspects Pollution Social change Social conditions Women > Employment Women in development Women offshore assembly industry workers > Social conditions Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California) Streaming video. Documentaries and Factual Films Online media. documentary film. Documentary films Historical films Documentary films. Feature films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

Maquilapolis : City of factories /

Published 2006

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