The empire's new clothes / a Witness production.

Investigates the situation in sweatshops in New York City where thousands of women, primarily recent immigrants from Chinese and Latino communities, are sewing garments under dangerous and unfair labor conditions, which often lead to psychological exhaustion, permanent disability and even death.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Witness (Project)
Witness Films, Inc
Other Authors: Shapley, Greg
Ho, Chris
Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
Gabriel, Peter, 1950-
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Witness, [2000]
Subjects:
Sweatshops > New York (State) > New York.
Women clothing workers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Minority women > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Hispanic American women > Employment > New York (State) > New York.
Chinese American women > Employment > New York (State) > New York.
Human rights > New York (State) > New York.
Video recording > Political aspects.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (10 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Investigates the situation in sweatshops in New York City where thousands of women, primarily recent immigrants from Chinese and Latino communities, are sewing garments under dangerous and unfair labor conditions, which often lead to psychological exhaustion, permanent disability and even death.
Note:A production of the Witness Project which uses video technology to investigate human rights abuses.
Videorecording.
Call Number:HD2337 .E565 2000 VideoDVD
Credits:Videographers, Greg Shapley, Chris Ho ; music, Peter Gabriel.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Susan Sarandon.