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DESCRIPTION:Sunday, February 19\n7:30pm\nAdmission: $5.00\nMovies on a Big Screen at 
 The Guild\n2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA\n\n\nDreamwork China: The Workers 
 of Foxconn\n\nThe Chinese short documentary film, "Deconstructing Foxconn" 
 which features an interview with an employee who attempted suicide at 
 Foxconn, will be shown prior to the feature documentary.\n\nYou may be 
 familiar with Foxconn and its factories in China.  They manufacture 
 products for Apple, HP, Nintendo, Sony, Motorola, Dell, Nokia, Amazon 
 (Kindle), Toshiba and many, many others.  In fact, if you own any kind of 
 electronic equipment, there's undoubtedly at least some small component or 
 chip which was manufactured at Foxconn. We at MOBS tried to build a PC that 
 was entirely "Foxconn-free" and found it impossible to do.   \n\nFoxconn 
 has had a number of fatal and near-fatal accidents related to unsafe 
 working conditions.  Employees reportedly work excessively long hours, 
 stand until their legs swell "until they can hardly walk" according to the 
 NY Times, and live in extremely confined dorms. They're also known for 
 having a number of employees who have committed suicide - to the point 
 where Foxconn has installed nets at many of its factories.  In January of 
 this year, 150 employees at the Wuhan factory went to the roof and 
 threatened mass suicide.\n\n"Dreamwork China" was shot in Shenzhen, China, 
 site of a massive Foxconn plant. It features interviews with employees of 
 Foxconn in which the young workers talk about themselves, describing their 
 lives, their hopes, their struggles for rights, and most of all, the dreams 
 of a new generation in "the world's factory."\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/30/18706174.php
SUMMARY:Screening - Dreamwork China: The Workers of Foxconn
LOCATION:Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild. 2828 35th St, Sacramento
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/30/18706174.php
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