[Imc] interesting Film Series
jacobs at uiuc.edu
jacobs at uiuc.edu
Tue Feb 5 02:29:00 UTC 2002
Hi all, I'm forwarding the announcement of an interesting film series called documenting development. I hope folks can make it.
James Jacobs
Radical Librarian
: Documenting Development: An International Documentary Film Series
:
: International Studies Building
: Room 101
: 910 South Fifth Street
: Champaign
:
: 12:00 noon - 12:50 p.m.
:
: The attached flyer contains the complete schedule of the series.
:
: Films in this series with Latin American content are:
:
: Thursday , February 7 "From the Mountains to the Maquiladoras"
: (1991, 25 min.) A look at the implications of NAFTA for working
: people in th U.S. and Mexico. Nine women laid off from their jobs in
: Tennessee decided to visit the maquiladoras in Mexico, looking into
: the practices of U.S. companies like General Motors , Converse, Levi,
: and General Electric. They visit with the Borders Committee for Women
: Workers in Mexico. Examines repressive labor practices by the
: companies and the horrendous areas in which many workers are forced
: to live as well as the implications for employee health of the lack
: of any environmental regulations. Professor Alejandro Lugo,
: Department of Anthropology, will be the discussant.
:
: Thursday , February 14 "Love, Women, and Flowers"
: (1998, 58 min.) Celebrate Valentine's Day with a critical look at the
: human cost behind carnations. This presentation of the structure of
: the global flower industry shows the sickness and hardship suffered
: by the women workers in Colombia who raise and pick carnations that
: are exported for sweethearts around the world. Against a backdrop of
: the vast fields where the flowers are grown for export, workers
: testify about the impact that caring for the flowers has had on their
: health. They claim that their lives should be as important as the
: welfare of the flowers. Touches a bit on other social and family
: issues that also shape the lives of these women. Ends with a
: short-lived but inspiring strike by the flower workers who come
: together to stand up for themselves. Best for viewers who are already
: sympathetic to the plight of third world workers. Good footage, but
: difficult for English audiences to follow because the film is in
: Spanish with subtitles throughout. But does provide a window on a
: part of the global economy with which few are familiar. Provides a
: new perspective for the next time you walk into a florist shop.
:
: Wednesday, February 20 "Banking on Life and Debt"
: (1995, 30 min.) Demonstrates how millions of children are sacrificed
: for the sake of financial stability. Traces the post-World War II
: change which led to the current world economic order. Examines the
: role of the World Bank. Viewers travel to Ghana, Brazil, and the
: Philippines for reports.
:
: Thursday, March 7 "Hell to Pay"
: (1998, 52 min.) A moving and politically sophisticated analysis of
: the international debt situation through the eyes of the women of
: Bolivia, the poorest country in Latin America. Although most directly
: affected by government austerity programs, peasant women are assumed
: not to understand the workings of international capital and foreign
: policy. Hell to Pay poignantly contradicts such assumptions as
: teachers, textile workers and miners' wives speak vividly and with
: great comprehension of the causes of the debt crisis and the burden
: they are forced to bear.
:
: Monday, March 11 "Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies, and
: Global Economics"
: (1995, 52 min.) GDP has no negative side to its accounts-such as
: damage to the environment-and completely ignores the unpaid work of
: women. This film offers ideas for human-scale economic alternatives,
: local currency exchanges, and more humane ways of measuring the
: quality of life. This film does not look at women in Latin America
: and the Caribbean, but the argument in this film may be applied to
: the women and economies of this region of the world. "Who's
: Counting?" complements "Hell to Pay" nicely.
:
: Sponsored by the Asian Educational Media Service, the Center for
: African Studies, the Russian and East European Center, the Center for
: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Women and Gender in
: Global Perspectives Program.
: -------------------------
:
: Nan Volinsky
: Academic Programs and Outreach Coordinator
: Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
: 201 International Studies Building
: 910 South Fifth Street
: Champaign, IL 61820 MC-481
: my office: 206 International Studies Building
: my phone: 217-333-8419
: fax: 217-244-7333
: e-mail: nvolinsk at staff.uiuc.edu
: web: <http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/lat>
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