Following three work immigrants who entered the USA illegally, the bitter facts become clear. Today, in the center of L.A, textile workers are employed in appalling conditions of slavery: 14 hours working day, salaries well below minimum wages, no social benefits and factories that look exactly as they did a hundred years ago, and shady, contractors'' business practices. All of this, by the way, is perfectly legal.

Three women – Maura from El Salvador, who left behind three infants she has not seen for 18 years; Maria whose drunken husband does not support her nor does he allow her to be active; and Lupe, a single woman, who escaped from her home in Mexico where she was abused by male members of her family – are leading demonstrations every Saturday, month after month, year after year, losing hope and recovering, learning how to organize the struggle, and their demands for what they rightfully deserve.

 

* Following the screening on April 11th at 11:30, A meeting with Simon kilmurry, POV Director of PBS Channel - Documentary Division.