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Summary:

Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Maquiladora workers 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, environmental devastation and urban chaos -- life on the frontier of the global economy. Carmen and her colleague Lourdes reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize for change: Carmen takes a major television manufacturer to task for violating her labor rights. Lourdes pressures the government to clean up a toxic waste dump left behind by a departing factory. Incorporates video diaries by the women.

Contributors:

Funari, Vicky, director, producer

De La Torre, Sergio, producer

McKinnon, Darcy

Wunderlich, Annelise

Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016

Blue, John

Gorrell, Daniel

Constantinou, Sophia

Durán, Carmen

Luján, Lourdes

Independent Television Service

CineMamás Productions

Grupo Factor X.

Colectivo Chilpancingo

Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres

California Newsreel (Firm)

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English and Spanish; chiefly Spanish dialogue with English subtitles; some English dialogue with Spanish subtitles and English closed-captioning.

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: City of factories

Subjects:

Durán, Carmen

Luján, Lourdes

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

Women offshore assembly industry workers — Social conditions

Women offshore assembly industry workers

Women in development

Manufacturing industries — Social aspects

Manufacturing industries

Offshore assembly industry — Employees — Labor unions

Offshore assembly industry

Offshore assembly industry — Environmental aspects

Social conditions

Mexico — Tijuana (Baja California)

Genres:

Documentary films

Online media

Internet videos

Performers:

Carmen Durán, Lourdes Luján.

Production Credits:

Editor, Vicky Funari ; original score, Pauline Oliveros with Bostich and Fussible Nortec Collective, and John Blue ; 16 mm cinematography, Daniel Gorrell, Sophia Constantinou.

General Notes:

"The women in this film developed and created its images, sounds and ideas in collaboration with the filmmakers."--Credits.
Originally released as a documentary in 2006.
Streaming Media
Video On Demand
Digital format: Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Digital format: Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : UNT Media Library, 2008. Digitized and made available by UNT Media Library from film distributed by California Newsreel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (68 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

845290314