Performing the Borders
INTRO/BRIEF SUMMARY:
This documentary takes place in Juarez, Mexico. American companies have sweat shops there. The reason is for cheap labor. Mostly women worked there. They had to wake up at 4:30am just to go to work. Sometimes they had no fresh water that day.
Three women were activists to get a cafeteria at the plant in which they worked in. They were fired. According to the companies, they are allowed to form independent unions, but cannot because the Mexican government wont allow. It is worried about the companies taking their business elsewhere if that happens because then it will raise costs for the company, and the goal is to keep costs down.
Some girls start working at the plant when they are 13. They learn no skills, they the money. One woman was pregnant and could not find work. She crossed the border to the US and sold tax free cigarettes for the money.
Women can't find work without experience and that's why they turn to......

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Title: Performind The Border
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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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