| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (68 min.)) : sound, color |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 televisions, electrical cables, toys, clothes, batteries and IV tubes, they weave the very fabric of life for consumer nations. They also confront labor violations, toxic waste dumps, and the unhealthy conditions in the colonias where they live. As globalization turns workers into a commodity that can be bought anywhere in the world for the lowest price, the stories of Carmen and Lourdes illustrate what can be accomplished with determination and faith in the future |
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Title from title frames |
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"The women in this film developed and created its images, sounds and ideas in collaboration with the filmmakers."--Credits |
| Credits |
Editor, Vicky Funari ; original score, Pauline Oliveros with Bostich and Fussible Nortec Collective, and John Blue ; 16 mm cinematography, Daniel Gorrell, Sophia Constantinou ; aerial photography, Martin Zimmerman ; transcriber, David Sweet-Cordero |
| Performer |
Carmen Durán, Lourdes Luján |
| Notes |
In Spanish with English subtitles and some English with Spanish subtitles |
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Videodisc (DVD) version record |
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Won 2006 CPH:DOX, Amnesty Award - Honorable Mention |
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Won 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Outstanding achievement in documentary |
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Nominated 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award, Best Documentary Feature |
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Durán, Carmen
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Luján, Lourdes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008046408
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Durán, Carmen fast |
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Industries -- Mexico
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Women -- Employment -- Mexico
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Pollution -- Mexico
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Social change -- Mexico
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Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) -- Social conditions
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Women in development -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California)
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Manufacturing industries -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California)
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Offshore assembly industry -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California)
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Offshore assembly industry -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California)
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Industries.
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Employment (Economic theory)
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Pollution.
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Social change.
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Industry
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Employment
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Environmental Pollution
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Social Change
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Women, Working
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employing.
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Industries
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Manufacturing industries -- Social aspects
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Offshore assembly industry -- Employees -- Labor unions
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Offshore assembly industry -- Environmental aspects
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Pollution
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Social change
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Social conditions
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Women -- Employment
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Women in development
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Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Social conditions
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Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) -- Social conditions
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Mexico https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008800 |
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Mexico
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Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California)
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming video
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Historical films
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Funari, Vicky, producer, director.
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De La Torre, Sergio, producer, director.
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McKinnon, Darcy, producer.
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Wunderlich, Annelise, producer.
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Durán, Carmen, narrator
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Luján, Lourdes, narrator.
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Independent Television Service, production company
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CineMamás Productions, production company.
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Grupo Factor X.
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Colectivo Chilpancingo.
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Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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