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Maquilapolis: City of Factories - Trailer - POV | PBS
Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive factories often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen ...
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The filmmakers of Maquilapolis: City of Factories conducted a series of video workshops in Tijuana during which participating promotoras — factory workers ...
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