Environmental Health Coalition would like to remind you of the
P.O.V. BROADCAST
MAQUILAPOLIS |
[city of factories] |
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National Broadcast
P.O.V.
Tuesday,
October 10, 2006
10:00 pm.
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San Diego Local KPBS Broadcast
Sunday,
October 29, 2006
10:30 pm.
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Environmental Health Coalition’s work is featured in MAQUILAPOLIS [city of factories], a film about women maquiladora workers in Tijuana. Filmmakers Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre integrate the maquiladora workers’ digital video recordings into this powerful film documenting the reality of globalization.
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| AWARDS |
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| New York 2006 Tribeca Film Festival |
| Outstanding Achievement in Documentary |
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| Barcelona International Women's Film Festival |
| Audience Award for Best Documentary |
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"Making explicit the slogan 'knowledge equals power,'
Maquilapolis is the rare activist documentary that really
does empower the individual women at the heart of its story." |
– Jay Weissberg, Variety |
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"...the filmmakers set out to show life
as the workers see it, and they succeed,
with often appalling clarity." |
– Neil Genzlinger, New York Times |
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VIDEO PORTRAITS |
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The Promotoras |
| The filmmakers of "Maquilapolis: City of Factories" conducted a series of video workshops in Tijuana, during which participating promotoras — factory workers who fight for workers' rights — learned to document their lives and the issues in their community. Watch several video diaries created during the workshop and some additional scenes from the film not shown in the broadcast version. |
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INTERVIEWS |
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Growing a Green Economy |
"Maquilapolis: City of Factories" makes the case that the well-being of factory workers in Tijuana is directly linked to a consumer's individual spending habits. Two experts in social investing explain how one educated shopper's dollar can wield clout and influence corporate practices.
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The Filmmakers |
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"We didn't want to tell a dark story of victimization because that's not what we saw. We saw people figuring things out on a daily basis and coming up with these really clever solutions."
—Vicky Funari
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"The film deals with the costs of hyper-consumption and allows the viewers to understand where their goods are coming from, making a connection between themselves, their TV and the factory work in Mexico."
—Sergio De La Torre
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For more information and resources: |
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For more information, please contact:
Leiana Naholowaa
Communications / Development Associate
(619) 474-0220 ext. 101
LeianaN@environmentalhealth.org
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