Title Performing the border / a film by Ursula Biemann

Published New York : Women Make Movies, [2015] ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (42 min.)) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences Summary "Set in Ciudad Juarez, where U.S. multinational corporations assemble equipment across the border from El Paso, Texas, this work investigates the growing impact of the global economy on Mexican women who live and work in the area. The video explores the sexualization of the border through labor division, prostitution, the expression of female desires in the entertainment industry, and sexual violence in the public sphere..."-- From original DVD container Notes Originally issued on DVD in 1999 Credits Director, Ursula Biemann Notes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe Flash Player or compatible software Video file format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (MP4) In English and Spanish with English subtitles Optional closed captions Subject Women -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions Women -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions Women -- Employment -- Mexican-American Border Region Urbanization -- Mexican-American Border Region Economic history. Social conditions. Urbanization. Women -- Economic conditions. Women -- Employment. Women -- Social conditions. SUBJECT Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Social conditions Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Economic conditions Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions Subject Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. Genre/Form Video recordings. Internet videos. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Streaming videos. Video recordings. Internet videos. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos. Vidéos sur Internet. Form Streaming video Author Biemann, Ursula, 1955- filmmaker. Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.

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