BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 RDATE:20100314T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 RDATE:20101107T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101117T213000 LOCATION:Howard 102 SUMMARY:Gender Studies Film Series: "Made in L.A." DESCRIPTION:2008 National Emmy Winner "Made in L.A."is a feature document ary that traces the moving transformation of three Latina garment workers on the fault lines of global economic change who decide they must resist . Through a groundbreaking law suit and consumer boycott\, they fight to establish an important legal and moral precedent holding an American reta iler liable for the labor conditions under which its products are manufac tured. \; But more than this\, Made in LA provides an insider's view into both the struggles of recent immigrants and into the organizing proc ess itself: the enthusiasm\, discouragement\, hard-won victories and ulti mate self-empowerment. Q&\;A following the film. \; Movie snacks and drinks provided. \; contact Nancy Hugg for questions at hugg@lca rk.edu X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
2008 National Emmy Winner
"Made in L.A."is a feature documentary that traces the
moving transformation of three Latina garment workers on the fault lines
of global economic change who decide they must resist. Through a groundb
reaking law suit and consumer boycott\, they fight to establish an import
ant legal and moral precedent holding an American retailer liable for the
labor conditions under which its products are manufactured. \; But m
ore than this\, Made in LA provides an insider's view in
to both the struggles of recent immigrants and into the organizing proces
s itself: the enthusiasm\, discouragement\, hard-won victories and ultima
te self-empowerment.
Q&\;A following the film. \; Mov
ie snacks and drinks provided. \;
contact Nancy Hugg for
questions at hugg@lcark.edu