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February 29, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Documentary on Immigrant Garment
Workers in Los Angeles
To be Shown at CSU Dominguez Hills
A talk with
Almudena Carracedo, the director of “Made in L.A.,” to
follow
What: “Made In L.A.” documentary
When: 5:30 and 7 p.m., Monday, March 10
Where: California State University, Dominguez Hills
LaCorte Hall, room A-103 (Carson, CA)— “Made in L.A.,” an award-winning
documentary on immigrant garment workers in Los Angeles will be
shown on Monday, March 10, at California State University, Dominguez
Hills (CSUDH) in honor of the CSUDH Department of Labor Studies'
30th anniversary and Women’s History Month. Almudena Carracedo,
the film’s director, producer, cinematographer and co-editor,
will be present for a question and answer session after the screenings,
which will be held at 5:30 and 7 p.m. in LaCorte Hall, A-103.
“It’s important to understand the conditions that
immigrant workers are experiencing, not just in the garment industry
but in many other industries, so that we can all work to give them
full rights for the work that they do and their contribution to
our society,” says Carracedo, who spent five years working
on the film. She underscores the value of “Made in L.A.” for
a student audience, saying that the 2007 release “puts a
human face to issues that are normally talked about in numbers
or statistics.”
“Sometimes when we study [a subject], we forget that there
are real people who are experiencing the facts we are learning,” she
says. “The film connects the students with issues that they’re
experiencing in the local communities. Many of us at one point
have experienced a moment where we felt we had to claim our rights.”
Bringing the documentary to campus is interdisciplinary
studies professor Vivian Price. As an instructor in labor studies
who has
a strong interest in women’s workplace rights, and as a fellow
documentarian of labor issues, Price is excited about showing Carracedo’s
documentary on campus. The 2007 film focuses on the lives of three
women, one from El Salvador and two from Mexico, who embark on
a three-year journey to win basic labor protections for those in
L.A.’s garment industry. The documentary is one that Price
hopes will help to answer a lot of questions that students may
have about the “misunderstandings and controversies over
issues of immigration and work.”
“We were looking for an important event that was something
that epitomized Los Angeles,” Price says. “The film
explains the situations of garment workers, and undocumented garment
workers especially, in terms of the structure of the business.
The audience learns to understand people as human beings and starts
identifying with them in their attempts to make a living. It’s
really important to give people a chance to understand the lives
of those who are forced to leave their countries and find ways
to support themselves and their families.”
“Made in L.A.” originally premiered on television
as part of the PBS series “P.O.V.” It has received
numerous accolades around the world and has been shown at a number
of international film festivals.
The CSUDH screenings are free and open to the
public. This event is sponsored by the departments of Labor Studies,
Women's Studies,
Chicana/o Studies, and Philosophy, the Labor Studies Group, the
Center for Service Learning, the Honors Program, the Human Resource
Management Association, IDS/PACE, Toro Productions, the Women's
Resource Center, and the Multicultural Center.
LaCorte Hall is located
across from Parking Lot 6 off Toro Center Drive. A map of campus
is available online at www.csudh.edu/site/VisitUs/Maps.asp.
Parking in all campus lots costs $3 and is available at yellow
kiosk machines adjacent to each lot. For more information about "Made in L.A." visit
www.madeinla.com. For information about the screenings at CSUDH
contact Price at
(310) 243-3583 or vprice@csudh.edu.
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Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
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