Maquilapolis = City of factories

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: Electronic 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)
Industries.
Employment (Economic theory)
Pollution.
Social change.
Industry
Employment
Environmental Pollution
Social Change
Women, Working
Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) > Social conditions.
Mexico
Streaming video.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Table of Contents:
  • Welcome to Tijuana
  • Carmen
  • Lourdes
  • We are promotoras
  • Labor claim
  • Carmen's new job
  • Lourdes tells a toxic tale
  • Labor board hearing
  • Labor rights
  • Chilpancingo Collective
  • Infrastructure
  • From boom to bust
  • Clean-up at Metales
  • Lead, labor, and the law
  • Future.
  • Bienvenidos a Tijuana
  • Carmen
  • Lourdes
  • Somos promotoras
  • Demanda laboral
  • Nuevo empleo
  • Lourdes cuenta un cuento tóxico
  • Audiencia laboral
  • Derecho laboral
  • Colectivo Chilpancingo
  • Infraestructura
  • Del auge al fracaso
  • Limpieza de Metales
  • Piomo, trabajo, y la ley
  • Futuro.

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