Fired Up Films hosts screening of Transnational Tradeswomen
On Tuesday, February 5, Muhlenberg College will present the a screening of the film Transnational Tradeswomen as part of their Fired Up Film series, a collaboration between Muhlenberg’s and Cedar Crest College’s Departments of Media and Communication.Thursday, January 31, 2008 01:59 PM
The screening, held at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Center for the Arts, is co-sponsored by the Center for Ethics.
A 2006 documentary, Transnational Tradeswomen focuses on the experience of women in Asia’s construction industry. Inspired by the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women, former construction worker Vivian Price investigates the role of women in construction labor and the negative effects modern technology and globalization are having on women in the workplace.
Price spends a year documenting the role of women in construction labor and uses her film’s images to erase any stereotypes of the delicate, submissive Asian woman. Instead, she discovers a labor force that has been working construction for centuries. Price’s conversations with workers show how development and mechanization are actually pushing women out of the industry.
The stories Price uncovers distort modern views of “progress” and demonstrate how globalization, modernization, education and technology don’t always result in gender equality and the alleviation of poverty.
For more information on the Fired Up Films series, please contact Lora Taub-Pervizpour of Muhlenberg College at [email protected] or Jim Brancato of Cedar Crest College at [email protected].
For more information on this program or other Center for Ethics programs, please visit www.muhlenberg.du/cultural/ethics.
