Film and Panel Discussion: "MAQUILAPOLIS" and Fair Trade Initiatives

[Catherine Mendonca]

As a continued effort against Free Trade Agreements, Af3irm San Diego
in collaboration with The Centro Cultural de la Raza will be
presenting the film MAQUILAPOLIS [city of factories] by Vicky Funari
and Sergio De La Torre. Following the film is a panel discussion with
local groups on how to continue the efforts against Free Trade
Agreements (old and new) in our bordering communities.

About the film
"To create MAQUILAPOLIS, the filmmakers brought together factory
workers in Tijuana and community organiza...tions in Mexico and the
U.S. to collaborate on a film that depicts globalization through the
eyes of the women who live on its leading edge. The factory workers
who appear in the film have been involved in every stage of
production, from planning to shooting, from scripting to outreach.
This collaborative process breaks with the traditional documentary
practice of dropping into a location, shooting and leaving with the
"goods," which would only repeat the pattern of the maquiladora
itself. The process embraces subjectivity as a value and a goal. It
merges artmaking with community development to ensure that the film's
voice will be truly that of its subjects."
http://www.maquilapolis.com/project_eng.htm

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Ambitiously yours,

Catherine (Cat) Mendonça
Af3irm San Diego; an anti-imperialist, transnational feminist women’s
organization, evolving from the organization formerly known as GABNet,
and 20 years of women’s organizing, activism, and struggle. af3irm.org
401-580-7791
cmen...@riseup.net
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