Maquilapolis (2006)

Directed by

Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre

Genre

documentary film

Country

Mexico, United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Women who work in border factories in Tijuana use video cameras to document their own lives. They show the working conditions in the factories and the challenges they face at home.

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What happens

Maquilapolis (from Spanish: Maquiladora, referring to the manufacturing operations in a free trade zone, and Greek: πόλις, meaning city) is a 2006 documentary film by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre. It filmed in Tijuana, Baja California and focuses on the factories on the U.S.-Mexican border. The film was made in collaboration with its subjects. Funari and De La Torre established workshops for the woman to learn how to use video equipment to tell their own stories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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