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Censored Justice
Sunday, February 19th
10:25 - 11:30 am
Lane County Fairgrounds
FREE (Donation suggested)
(Parental Advisory: Brief Nudity)


Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms (Sensitive Version)
USA | 23:00 | 2004 | Documentary | James T. Hong

While traveling to see Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world, an Asian American traveler gets sick. His illness takes us through his observations about Americanization, globalization and capitalism during his travels. Timely sensored commentary makes this short film edgy and provocative.




Those With Justice
USA/China | 11:00 | 2005 | Documentary | Karin Mak

Focuses on the working conditions of migrant workers in the Hung Hing Company, a factory that print books for Disney's. Sweatshop Watch had the opportunity to hear the workers' stories and produce this video. The video was used in a campaign led by Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) and New York-based National Labor Committee (video also streaming from their website.) The campaign and video garnered international press and eventually led to wage increases at the factory. Read CNN Money's article "Disney sweatshops alleged"

— sweatshopwatch.org



Nalini By Day, Nancy By Night
India/USA | 27:00 | 2005 | Documentary | Sonali Gulati

In this revealing documentary, a filmmaker of Indian descent investigates call centers in India. She travels to India for an inside look into the call centers that are the result of outsourcing by US companies. What she finds there is not necessarily what she expects.


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