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Maquilapolis: City of Factories

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Run Time: 60 mins

Air Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006

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PBS

Season 19 - Episode 12

Maquilapolis: City of Factories

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Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive factories often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen and Lourdes work at maquiladoras in Tijuana, where each day they confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos. In this lyrical documentary, the women reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize for change, taking on both the Mexican and U.S. governments and a major television manufacturer. A co-production of the Independent Television Service (ITVS).

Documentary