What were the main points of the film Maquilapolis?
Themes. One of the main themes of the documentary is how the assembly plant industry takes advantage of its employees and denying them basic human rights. Young women are preferred for these factory jobs because they have little experience in politics and labor unions.
What kind of documentary is Maquilapolis?
Through Carmen and Lourdes we learn the stories and daily realities of other maquiladora workers. We also hear from company and government spokespeople, who point to the relative benefit of a low wage in a virtually no-wage country.
Where can I watch Maquilapolis?
Watch Maquilapolis (City of Factories) Online | Vimeo On Demand on Vimeo.
What is the Border Industrialization Program?
The Border Industrialization Program is an attempt by the Mexican government to solve the problem of high unemployment of their people along the United States-Mexico border while protecting their domestic industry.
Who directed Maquilapolis?
Vicky Funari
Maquilapolis/Directors
MAQUILAPOLIS (CITY OF FACTORIES) Produced and directed by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre; Vivian Kleiman, executive producer; Darcy McKinnon, Annelise Wunderlich, co-producers; Daniel Gorrell, Sophia Constantinou, cinematography; Ms.
Why might the border be a good location to set up a maquiladora?
Why are Maquiladoras on the Border? Maquiladoras are located on the U.S.-Mexico national border in order to improve supply chain management. Close geographic proximity minimizes transportation costs and time spent transporting materials and goods.
Why Jamaica is in debt?
Unemployment and poverty levels are high, and the external current account deficit has widened. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) noted that low economic growth, declining productivity, and reduced competitiveness were key problems, but also linked these to Jamaica’s “unsustainable debt burden”.
What is it like to work in a maquiladora?
Working conditions in maquiladoras are described to be poor, run-down, dirty facilities that are usually poorly ventilated. Workers work long hours with little breaks in between and no benefits. The work done in maquiladoras is low-skilled labor which makes workers in the maquila replaceable, and jobs unstable.