Maquilapolis = City of factories /

Maquilapolis = City of factories / ITVS ; a CineMamás film ; produced and directed by Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre in collaboration with the women of Grupo Factor X, Colectivo Chilpancingo, Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres ; co-producers, Darcy McKinnon, Annelise Wunderlich ; in association with the Independent Television Service.

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
Published: [San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [2006]
Subjects:
Durán, Carmen.
Luján, Lourdes.
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.

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