Performing the Border
1999, English. Directed by Ursula Biemann.
A video essay set in the Mexican-U.S. border town of Ciudad Juarez, where U.S. multinational corporations assemble electronic and digital equipment just across from El Paso, Texas. This imaginative, experimental work investigates the growing feminization of the global economy and its impact on Mexican women living and working in the area. Looking at the border as both a discursive and material space, the video explores the sexualization of the border region through labor division, prostitution, the expression of female desires in the entertainment industry, and sexual violence in the public sphere.
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- 0h 43m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1999
- Country
- Switzerland
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Who directed Performing the Border?
Performing the Border (1999) was directed by Ursula Biemann.