Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | City of factories
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| Other authors / contributors: | Funari, Vicky, producer, director.
De La Torre, Sergio, producer, director.
McKinnon, Darcy, producer.
Wunderlich, Annelise, producer.
Durán, Carmen, narrator.
Luján, Lourdes, narrator.
Independent Television Service, production company.
CineMamás Productions, production company.
Grupo Factor X.
Colectivo Chilpancingo.
Promotoras por los Derechos de las Mujeres.
California Newsreel (Firm)
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Title from title frames.
"The women in this film developed and created its images, sounds and ideas in collaboration with the filmmakers."--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.
Carmen Durán, Lourdes Luján.
In Spanish with English subtitles and some English with Spanish subtitles.
Videodisc (DVD) version record.
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| 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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| Awards: | Won 2006 CPH:DOX, Amnesty Award - Honorable Mention
Won 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Outstanding achievement in documentary
Nominated 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award, Best Documentary Feature
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| Other form: | DVD version: Maquilapolis. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2006]
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