2006 | Color | 70 min Workers in Tijuana´s multinational factories confront labor violations, environmental devastation, and urban chaos. Carmen and Lourdes aim beyond the daily struggle for survival and seek to organize their community to strive for positive changes in their lives. They also use video cameras to document how globalization has transformed their city and to share their hopes for the future. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Funari; Victoria, de la Torre; Sergio Production: Funari; Victoria, de la Torre; Sergio Sound: Perkins; Phil Music: Blue; John, Colectivo Nortec;, Oliveros; Pauline Cast:Duran; Carmen, Lujan; Lourdes Participation year at FICM: 2006
2006 | Color | 70 min Workers in Tijuana´s multinational factories confront labor violations, environmental devastation, and urban chaos. Carmen and Lourdes aim beyond the daily struggle for survival and seek to organize their community to strive for positive changes in their lives. They also use video cameras to document how globalization has transformed their city and to share their hopes for the future. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Funari; Victoria, de la Torre; Sergio Production: Funari; Victoria, de la Torre; Sergio Sound: Perkins; Phil Music: Blue; John, Colectivo Nortec;, Oliveros; Pauline Cast:Duran; Carmen, Lujan; Lourdes Participation year at FICM: 2006
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