Made in LA
Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21. In intimate observational style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman's life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity and the courage it takes to find your voice.
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Credits
Director/Producer: Almudena Carracedo
Producer: Robert Bahar
Cinematographer: Almudena Carracedo
Editors: Lisa Leeman, Kim Roberts, Almudena Carracedo
Writers: Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Lisa Leeman
Composer: Joseph Julian Gonzalez
Executive Producers: Cara Mertes, Sally Jo Fifer
Running time: 70 min.
Website: www.madeinla.com
Article: 'Made in L.A.,' Funded from All Over
About the Filmmakers
Born in Madrid, ALMUDENA CARRACEDO is Emmy Award-winning director and producer of Made in L.A. Five years in the making, Made in L.A. is her first feature documentary. Her previous documentary, Welcome, A Docu-Journey of Impressions, focused on Tijuana as a border town; it received the Sterling Award for Best Short Documentary at Silverdocs Documentary Festival and screened in numerous national and international festivals. Almudena is the 2008 recipient of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers ESTELA Award, and has served as a jury in several film festivals, including the Silverdocs Documentary Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival and Santiago's International Documentary Festival in Chile (FIDOCS).
ROBERT BAHAR is an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer and the director/co-founder of Doculink.org, a grassroots and online community of over 2,000 documentary-makers. He is producer/co-writer of Made in L.A.. Bahar previously produced and directed the award-winning documentary Laid to Waste, and has line-produced and production-managed independent films including ITVS's Diary of a City Priest, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and Pittsburgh, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He has served on the board of the International Documentary Association and holds an MFA from The Peter Stark Program at USC.