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UPCOMING SCREENINGS:

Friday, April 11
7 PM Alexander Memorial Library
Cotulla, Texas
for more info call 956-948-7228

Saturday, April 12
2 PM Gallery 35
18485 IH 35 (Exit 133) South Lytle, Texas

7 PM Ruta Maya
107 E Martin San Antonio, Texas

Sunday, April 13
1 PM Texas State University in San Marcos
300 Moon St

 

Past Screenings:

February 2006           
World Premiere, Rotterdam International Film Festival

March 2006
Guadalajara International Film Festival, International Documentary Competition
Sneak Preview, Latin American Independent Documentary Encounter, Mexico City Prize for Best Documentary on Borders, Migration and Exile

April  2006           
Sneak Preview, Sweatfree Communities Annual Conference, Minneapolis


April/May 2006   
U.S. Premiere, Tribeca Film Festival, International Documentary Competition
Our screening schedule at the Tribeca Film Festival:
Saturday, April 29, 4:45pm
Sunday, April 30, 8:15pm
Tuesday, May 2, 12:30pm
Wednesday, May 3, 6:30pm
Saturday, May 6, 11:00am
Most of our screenings are at the AMC/Loews 34th Street Theaters,
312 West 34th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenue)
The May 3 screening is at the AMC/Loews Theaters Village VII,
66 3rd Avenue (at East 11th Street)
To buy tickets, please visit
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/

or call (866) 941-FEST (3378)
The directors and two of the women in the film will be present at these screenings.

In conjunction with the Tribeca Film Festival, MAQUILAPOLIS directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre will be giving a gallery talk on Saturday evening, April 29, at 7:00pm, following the first screening of the film. 
The talk is at Sara Meltzer Gallery.
525-531 West 26th Street, Tel: 212-727-9330
http://www.sarameltzergallery.com/ 
The event is free and open to the public.

May 2006           
Chicago Latino Film Festival
Our screening schedule at the Chicago Latino Film Festival:
May 1, 6:00pm, Gene Siskel Film Center
May 2, 8:30pm, Gene Siskel Film Center
http://www.latinoculturalcenter.org/festival06/index.htm

May 2006           
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in Toronto, Ontario
Our screening schedule at Hot Docs:
May 05, 9:00pm, Al Green Theatre
May 07, 4:45pm, ROM Theatre
http://www.hotdocs.ca/festival_schedule.cfm

May 5-10, 2006   
Asian Premiere, Green Film Festival in Seoul
http://www.gffis.org

May 11, 2006 
          
Sneak Preview, University of California Santa Cruz
Thursday, May 11th, at 7:30 p.m.
Communications Bldg., Studio "C"
http://cjtc.ucsc.edu/calendar.html
Presented by LALS and Community Studies
Please contact LALS at 459-4284 or email: lals@ucsc.edu.

May/June 2006   
Seattle International Film Festival
http://www.seattlefilm.org/festival/prelaunch.aspx?FID=13

June 10, 2006           
Tijuana premiere, hosted by UC San Diego, InSite and CECUT (Centro Cultural de Tijuana)          
http://visarts.ucsd.edu/~drupal/event/

August 2006
Aug 3, SweatFree Campaign/Witness for Peace Latin American Film Festival
http://www.sweatfree.org/
 
Aug 10, FREE SCREENING at Instituto Mexicano de Cultura, Los Angeles
http://www.mexicanculturalinstitute.com/
 
Aug 11, Producers' Lab
http://www.nalip.org/
 

September 2006
Sept 21 - 30, DOCS DF, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
http://docsdf.com/
 
Sept 21, MadCat Women's International Film Festival
http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org/
 

October 2006
Oct 1, Orange County Museum of Art Biennial, opening night screening
http://www.ocma.net/
 
Oct 6 - 16, Films from the South, Oslo, Norway
http://www.filmfrasor.no/
 
Oct 10, National PBS broadcast, POV
http://www.pbs.org/pov/
 
Oct 13-27, WMW2006, Tapiei, Taiwan
http://www.wmw.com.tw/
 
Oct 18, Center for Social Media at American University
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/
 
Oct 20, Espai D’Art Contemporani de Castelló, INSTITUTIONAL PROSTHESIS Santiago Cirugeda
http://www.eacc.es/
 
Oct 21, Bioneers Conference Moving Image Festival, San Rafael, CA
http://www.bioneers.org/
 
Oct 26, UC Davis
http://www.ucdavis.edu/

November 2006  
Nov 2, Orange County Museum of Art Biennial, community screening
http://www.ocma.net/

Nov 5, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas
http://www.mfah.org/
 
Nov 3 - 19, International Latino Film Festival San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.latinofilmfestival.org/

Nov 8 - 12, Dominican Republic Global Film Festival
http://www.drglobalfilmfestival.org/press.asp

Nov 9 -19, St. Louis Intl Film Festival

Nov 8 - 12, Dominican Republic Global Film Festival
http://www.drglobalfilmfestival.org/press.asp

Nov 10 - 18, Belgium, Festival of Liberties, Brussels, Belgium

Nov 18, Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, Clagary, Alberta, Canada

Nov 10 - 19, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Festival
http://www.cphdox.dk

Nov 20, San Francisco Art Institute
http://www.sfai.edu/

Nov 23 - 29, Women's Worlds Festival of the Human Rights Organization, TERRE DES FEMMES, Tuebingen, Germany
http://www.frauenrechte.de/filmfest/

Febrero 2007
22-26 Feb-07 Melbourne Latin American Film Festival Melbourne, Australia            http://www.acmi.net.au/latin_film_festival_2007.jsp

23-Feb-07 Santa Monica Museum of Art
7:00pm Bergamot Station G1, 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (310)586-6488
http://www.smmoa.org/

In Person:  directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre, and factory worker Lupita Castañeda

16-Feb-07 NYMOMA Documentary Fortnight
6:00pm
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_media/2007/DocumentaryFortnight.html
In Person:  Cynthia Lopez from POV

Feb 7, 7 PM, UC Berkeley, Room 160, Kroeber Hall
Presented by:
Center for Latin American Studies

Feb 1st, 7 PM, Liberty Hall, 311 N. Ivy, Portland, OR
Co presented by:
PCASC (Portland Central America Solidarity Committee) Bolivarian Media Exchange and the Portland Sweatfree Campaign


AMBULANTE TRAVELLING DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
February – March 2007, http://www.ambulante.com.mx/
12-15 Feb-07 Ambulante:  México, DF
Cinépolis Interlomas, Cinépolis Diana, Cinépolis Plaza Univerisdad, Cinepolis Perisur

19-Feb-07 Ambulante:  Morelia
Cinépolis Morelia Centro, 4:00

21-Feb-07 Ambulante:  Monterrey
Cinépolis Garza Sada, 2:30, 6:10

22-Feb-07 Ambulante:  Chihuahua
Cinépolis Plaza del Sol, 4:40, 6:30

22-Feb-07 Ambulante:  Metepec
Cinépolis Galerías Metepec, 1:50, 6:45

26-Feb-07 Ambulante:  Guadalajara
Cinépolis Centro Magno, 5:40, 8:50
In Person:  factory workers Lupita Castañeda and Tere Loyola

28-Feb-07 Ambulante:  Ciudad Juarez
Cinépolis Las Misiones
In Person:  factory workers Lupita Castañeda and Lourdes Luján

08-Mar-07 Ambulante:  León
Cinépolis Centro Max, 8:30, 10:15

08-Mar-07 Ambulante:  San Luis Potosí
Cinépolis San Luis Potosí, 4:00

10-Mar-07 Ambulante:  Tijuana
Tijuana, Cinépolis Plaza Río, 11:00, 1:10, 3:20 In Person:  directors Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre, and many of the factory workers who collaborated on the film

12-Mar-07 Ambulante:  Puebla
Cinépolis Angelópolis, In Person:  factory workers Delfina Rodriguez and Yesenia Palomares

17-Mar-07 Ambulante:  Oaxaca
Cinépolis Oaxaca, In Person:  directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre and factory worker Vianey Mijangos

19-Mar-07 Ambulante:  Mérida
Cinépolis Las Américas, In Person:  directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre

24-Mar-07 Ambulante:  Tuxta Gutierrez
Cinépolis Poliforum, 1:50, 5:50, 9:50

27-Mar-07 Ambulante:  Cancún
Cinépolis La Gran Plaza, 5:30, 7:10, 8:50

01-Mar-07  Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
7:00pm Fairhaven College Auditorium, Bellingham, WA
http://www.whrtf.org/filmfest/
16 - 25 March-07 9th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, Greece
http://www.filmfestival.gr/

21-25 Mar-07 Play-Doc,Tui International Documentary Festival
Tui, Pontevedra, Spain
http://www.play-doc.com/

05-12 Apr-07 Women's Film Festival of Seoul, South Korea
http://www.wffis.or.kr/wffis2007/intro_eng.html

 

Marzo 2007:
03-Mar-07 San Diego Indie Music Festival
5:00pm, North Park Arts & Entertainment Centre Claire de Lune Café, 2906 University Ave, San Diego
http://www.sdindiemusicfest.com/
In Person:  factory workers Lourdes Lujan and Yesenia Palomares, Magdalena Cerda and Amelia Simpson of Outreach Partner the Environmental Health Coalition

07-Mar-07 San Diego City College presented by San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network
11:00 AM, San Diego City College, Room A-213
In Person:  factory workers who appear in and collaborated on the film

07-Mar-07 University of California San Diego presented by San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network
8:00:00 PM, UCSD, Center Hall, Room 105
In Person:  factory workers who appear in and collaborated on the film

20-Mar-07 Washington DC Environmental Film Festival
12:00 noon, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/

26-Mar-07 Grand Valley State University, Cesar Chavez Week Allendale, Michigan
1:00pm, Cook-DeWitt Center
In Person:  director Sergio De La Torre

27-Mar-07 George Mason University, Women's Studies Program
Fairfax, VA, 12:00 noon
In Person:  director Vicky Funari, factory worker Carmen Durán, and Barb Gottlieb of Outreach Partner the Women's Edge Coalition

31-Mar-07 Sunset Church, San Francisco
7:00pm, Sunset Church, 3635 Lawton Street, (between 42nd and 43rd Avenues)
community screening as part of San Francisco Art Institute exhibition "World Factory" http://www.sfai.edu/page.aspx?page=252&navID=587&sectionID=4
In Person:  directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre

31-Mar-07 Women, Action and the Media Conference Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge
In Person:  factory worker and community organizer Lourdes Luján

Abril 2007:
09-Apr-07 Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
In Person:  directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre
community screening as part of San Francisco Art Institute exhibition "World Factory"
http://www.sfai.edu/page.aspx?page=252&navID=587&sectionID=4

28-Apr-07  Rice University Houston, TX
In Person:  director Sergio De La Torre WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THE MAQUILÁPOLIS STREET CINEMA BORDER TOUR 2007!
The acclaimed documentary film MAQUILÁPOLIS, a piercing look at globalization through the eyes of Mexican factory workers, will tour the U.S.-Mexico border region July 11-22, in a series of community screenings hosted by local organizations.

The Street Cinema Tour will visit 7 cities along both sides of the border: El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Mesilla/Las Cruces, Piedras Negras, Ciudad Acuña, Nuevo Laredo and Laredo. The Tijuana factory workers who are featured in the film and who collaborated in creating it will be appearing in person at the Street Cinema Tour events, as will the film's directors.

Thursday July 12 in El Paso, Texas:
Screening #1: 10:00am, Socorro City Hall
124 Horizon, Socorro, TX 79927
Hosted by Mujer Obrera and Familias Triunfadoras
For more information:  915-533-9710

Screening #2: 3:30pm, at Mujer Obrera / Centro Fronterizo del Obrero
2000 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901
Hosted by Mujer Obrera
For more information: 915-533-9710

Friday July 13 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua:

Screening #3: 11:00am, at Club de la Tercera Edad Epoca de Oro
Centro de Día No. 2, Calle Piña No. 6900
near the corner of Boulevard Zaragoza in Colonia Lucio Blanco
Hosted by Club de la Tercera Edad Epoca de Oro and
Consejo Ciudadano por el Desarollo Social
For more information: 656-612-47-47 Ext. 1 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Screening #4: 4:00pm, at Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Juvenil A.C.
Calle Huejotzingo No. 3754, Colonia Díaz Ordaz
Hosted by Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Juvenil A.C. and
Consejo Ciudadano por el Desarollo Social
For more information: 656-612-47-47 Ext. 1 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Screening #5: 5:00pm, at Casa Amiga Centro de Crisis, A.C.
Calle Durango # 1916 Fracc. Paseo de la Torres
Hosted by Casa Amiga
For more information: 656-690-83-00 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Saturday July 14 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua:

Screening #6: 10:00am, at the Centro de Estudios y Taller Laboral, A.C. (CETLAC)
Av. Vicente Guerrero No. 5038-1 2da. Col. Burocrata
Hosted by CETLAC
For more information: 656-616-20-73 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Screening #7: 8:00pm, at Parque Cazadores Juarenses
C. Lirios y Margaritas, Colonia Cazadores Juarenses
Hosted by OPI (Organización Popular Independiente A.C.),
Consejo Ciudadano por el Desarollo Social, and Pastoral Obrera
For more information: 656-612-47-47 Ext. 1 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Sunday July 15 in Mesilla, New Mexico:

Screening #8: 11:30am, at the Fountain Theatre
2469 Calle de Guadalupe
Hosted by the Mesilla Valley Film Society and the Fountain Theatre
For more information: 1-505-524-8287, www.fountaintheatre.org

Monday July 16 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua:
Screening #9: 11:00am, at the Consejo Ciudadano por el Desarollo Social
Calle Ejido No. 1864 entre Brasil y Mérida, Col. Exhipódromo
Hosted by Consejo Ciudadano por el Desarollo Social
For more information: 656-612-47-47 Ext. 1 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Screening #10: 7:00pm, at Centro de Derechos Humanos Paso Del Norte
Parroquia de Jesus Obrero
Calle Francisco Sarabia, s/n, Col. División del Norte
Hosted by Centro de Derechos Humanos Paso Del Norte
For more information: 656-631-22-63 (From the US. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Wednesday July 18 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila:
Screening #11: 12:00pm, at Comité Fronterizo de Obreras
Hosted by Comité Fronterizo de Obreras
Monterrey# 1103 Colonia Las Fuentes
For more information: (878) 782 94 18 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Screening #12: 8:00pm, Colonia Villas del Carmen, exact location to be announced.
Hosted by Comité Fronterizo de Obreras
For more information: (878) 782 94 18 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Thursday July 19 in Cuidad Acuña, Coahuila:
Screening #13: 6:00pm, at Luis Covarrubias No. 335, Fraccionamiento Acors
Hosted by Comité Fronterizo de Obreras
For more information: (877) 106 0966 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)
Friday July 20 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas:

Screening #14: 4:00 pm, at Capilla de San Juan Bosco, Colonia Nueva Era
Hosted by Hermana Cecilia Bonilla and Grupo de DDHH
For more information: (867) 713 93 23 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Screening #15: 8:00PM, parking lot of "El Trigal de la Mujer"
Boulevard Poseidón No. 328, de Reservas Territoriales
Hosted by Pastoral Social de la Diòcesis de Nuevo Laredo
For more information: (867) 101-12-52 or (867) 115-93-59

Saturday July 21 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas:
Screening #16: 7:30pm, at Parroquia de la Santa Cruz
Ayuntamiento Sur y Oriente, Col. Infonavit
Hosted by Pastoral Social de la Diòcesis de Nuevo Laredo
For more information: (867) 714 77 60 (From U.S. dial 011-52 beforehand)

Sunday July 22 in Laredo, Texas:
Screening #17: 9:00am, at Centro de Salud de Colonia Blanca Navidad
Hosted by Hermana Cecilia Bonilla, la Sra. Luisa Becerra,
and Pastoral Social de la Diòcesis de Nuevo Laredo
For more information: (867) 713 93 23

Screening #18: 7:00pm, at the Laredo Art Center
500 San Agustin Avenue
Hosted by the Laredo Art Center
For more information: 956-725-1715, www.laredoartcenter.org

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS:

Sep-Nov-07 The 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
http://www.iksv.org/bienal/english/