MaquilÁpolis
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After the screening, there will be an IN PERSON Q&A with filmmakers Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre and protagonists Lourdes Luján and Yesenia Palomares, moderated by Ximena Briceño, Stanford University.
MAQUILÁPOLIS [city of factories]
Celebrating a 20-Year Legacy
A piercing look at globalization through the eyes of women workers in Tijuana’s assembly plants, the maquiladoras.
“Making explicit the slogan ‘knowledge equals power,’ MAQUILÁPOLIS is the rare activist documentary that really does empower the individual women at the heart of its story.” –VARIETY
2006 marked the premiere of an innovative, impact-driven documentary that uplifted the work of women on the U.S. – Mexico border. These factory workers sustained a globalized economy that changed both nations and rapidly changed their lives. Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre’s groundbreaking film MAQUILÁPOLIS prioritized artful imagemaking and co-creative, community-based filmmaking. In the process, the promotoras whose stories are told in the film found new pathways for their activism and for telling their own stories. Twenty years later, we are celebrating the legacy of MAQUILÁPOLIS with screenings, events, and talks throughout 2026.
This screening is a benefit for Refugee and Immigrant Transitions (RIT), a Bay Area non-profit that partners with people who have sought refuge in the U.S. RIT employs strengths-based educational approaches and community support so newcomers may thrive in our shared communities. The MAQUILÁPOLIS team and RIT share a vision: We celebrate the power of community action, the importance of human agency, and our ability to create positive change for our futures, even in the face of all the forces working to enclose us in precarity, isolation, and invisibility. ¡Sí se puede! Please consider supporting RIT by purchasing your ticket for this screening at the benefit level.
Runtime
1h 10m
Year
2006
Director
Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Format
DCP
Country
Mexico/U.S.
Language
English and Spanish with English Subtitles
First Showing
September 12, 2026
Categories
Bay Visions
RoxCine
,
Featured
MAQUILÁPOLIS [city of factories]
Celebrating a 20-Year Legacy
A piercing look at globalization through the eyes of women workers in Tijuana’s assembly plants, the maquiladoras.
“Making explicit the slogan ‘knowledge equals power,’ MAQUILÁPOLIS is the rare activist documentary that really does empower the individual women at the heart of its story.” –VARIETY
2006 marked the premiere of an innovative, impact-driven documentary that uplifted the work of women on the U.S. – Mexico border. These factory workers sustained a globalized economy that changed both nations and rapidly changed their lives. Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre’s groundbreaking film MAQUILÁPOLIS prioritized artful imagemaking and co-creative, community-based filmmaking. In the process, the promotoras whose stories are told in the film found new pathways for their activism and for telling their own stories. Twenty years later, we are celebrating the legacy of MAQUILÁPOLIS with screenings, events, and talks throughout 2026.
This screening is a benefit for Refugee and Immigrant Transitions (RIT), a Bay Area non-profit that partners with people who have sought refuge in the U.S. RIT employs strengths-based educational approaches and community support so newcomers may thrive in our shared communities. The MAQUILÁPOLIS team and RIT share a vision: We celebrate the power of community action, the importance of human agency, and our ability to create positive change for our futures, even in the face of all the forces working to enclose us in precarity, isolation, and invisibility. ¡Sí se puede! Please consider supporting RIT by purchasing your ticket for this screening at the benefit level.
Runtime
1h 10m
Year
2006
Director
Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Format
DCP
Country
Mexico/U.S.
Language
English and Spanish with English Subtitles
First Showing
September 12, 2026
Categories
Bay Visions
RoxCine
,
Featured
