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Title Poto mitan : Haitian women, pillars of the global economy / Tèt Ansanm Productions presents ; a Renegade Pictures film ; in co-production with UCSB Center for Black Studies Research ; directed & produced by Renée Bergan & Mark Schuller ; executive producer, Mary Becker ; writer and narrator, Edwidge Danticat
Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 52 min.) : sound, color
Summary Told through the compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers, Poto Mitan gives the global economy a human face. Each woman's personal story explains neoliberal globalization, how it is gendered, and how it impacts Haiti. And while Poto Mitan offers in-depth understanding of Haiti, its focus on women's subjugation, worker exploitation, poverty, and resistance makes it clear that these are global struggles. Marie-Jeanne details her dual struggles as a woman and worker: employed in a garment factory, she toils under miserable conditions to give her children the schooling she was denied because of education's high costs and gender discrimination. Living and braving death in Cité Soleil, Solange spells out how Haiti's current violence stems from a long-brewing economic crisis and the global apparel industry's inherent instability. Frustrated with male-dominated unions, Frisline joined a woman's organization. She offers a gendered and class analysis of Haiti's contemporary situation. Working for thirty years, Thérèse brings a perspective that is historical and comparative. Her ailments also highlight the critical state of public health. Pushed off her land by foreign agricultural policies, Hélène leads a new grassroots campaign against violence, encouraging women to defend themselves. These five brave women demonstrate that despite monumental obstacles in a poor country like Haiti, collective action makes change possible. Initiated by the women themselves, Poto Mitan aims to inspire solidarity activism to end injustice in the global economy. Our struggles have a common thread. Fighting for justice: for women, workers, or Haiti can't help but bring about our own liberation
Notes Title from title frames
Credits Cinematography and editing, Renée Bergan
Performer Narrator, Edwidge Danticat
Event Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009
Notes In English, French and Haitian Creole; with English subtitles and optional closed-captions in English
In Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2009
Subject Women employees -- Haiti -- Social conditions
Women employees -- Haiti -- Economic conditions
Globalization -- Social aspects -- Haiti
Globalization -- Haiti -- Economic conditions
Social conditions.
Economic history.
Globalization -- Social aspects.
Women employees -- Economic conditions.
Women employees -- Social conditions.
SUBJECT Haiti -- Social conditions -- 1971- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058371
Haiti -- Economic conditions -- 1971- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058349
Subject Haiti.
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Internet videos.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Form Streaming video
Author Bergan, Renée, film director, film producer, cinematographer.
Schuller, Mark, 1973- film director, film producer.
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- narrator, screenwriter.
Tèt Ansanm Productions, production company.
Renegade Films, production company.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Center for Black Studies Research, film producer.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
Other Titles Haitian women, pillars of the global economy
Pillars of the global economy