Movie on struggles of immigrant garment workers plays Friday

Published 9:44 am Thursday, November 5, 2015

A movie about the struggles of Latina garment workers in Los Angeles will play Friday in Shoreline.

The film, called “Made in L.A.” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the Richmond Beach Congregational Church.

It traces the transformation of three Latina garment workers who decide they must resist a situation that stems from global economic change.

Sponsors say that the movie “provides an insider’s view into the struggles of recent immigrants and into the organizing process and that it emphasizes the workers’ enthusiasm, discouragement, hard-won victories and ultimate self-empowerment.”

The free movie is scheduled for the Lena Voreis Room, off the upper parking lot of the church at the corner of Northwest Richmond Beach Road and 15th Avenue Northwest (1512 195th Ave. N.W.) in Shoreline.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.