Maquilapolis

Maquilapolis (2006)

A City of Factories

Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive sweatshops often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen and Lourdes work at maquiladoras in Tijuana, and it is there that they try to balance the struggle for survival with their own radicalization in this documentary.

Date of release
2006-03-03
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 8m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Vicky Funari, Sergio de la Torre

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Tijuana

Maquilapolis 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.

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