This was one of the most disturbing
things I’ve ever watched. I know about some sweatshop conditions in Asia, but I
really didn’t know about Mexico/Tijuana. It’s even worse because I grew up in
Orange Country and lived there and LA my whole life. I have never been to
Mexico. This is one of the reasons I am so interested in going on the Tijuana
day trip. I feel like this stuff is happening in my own back yard and I didn’t
even know; it’s embarrassing. I feel like I am naïve. The footage was so
disturbing because it shows how people live in completely inhumane conditions,
and no one cares. They’re not dying, but it’s almost sort of worse, because
they’re just living indefinitely in this situation.
The women activists used direct action in
seeking out people who could influence the situation, at least in the case of the
abandoned metal/lead factory, such as standing outside an officials office and
refusing to leave until he spoke to them. The way they told their story seemed
very effective to me, in showing their home life and things that are very
personal. The style was also effective, half documentary and half artsy. I very much liked the beginning and end where
the women were lined ups, all wearing blue smocks, and performing this “choreography”
which would be the actions they would perform at their job. I think the single
most effective element of the film was SHOWING just how bad conditions are.
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