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Presented by the UC Davis Labor and Community Center
Join Rodrigo Guevara '09 for a screening of his new documentary, "Manufacturing Resilience." After the film viewing, UC Davis Law Professor and Co-Director of the UC Davis Labor and Community Center Leticia Saucedo will moderate a panel discussion with Guevara and the documentary's protagonist, Margarita "Mago" Ávalos.
More about the film:
Civil rights attorney-turned-filmmaker Rodrigo Guevara '09 chronicles the extraordinary journey of Margarita “Mago” Ávalos, an Indigenous woman from rural Puebla who transforms her personal history of exploitation into a movement for worker dignity in Mexico’s borderlands. Once a maquiladora worker in Tijuana, Mago discovered her factory was violating labor laws, a revelation that led her to organize her coworkers and ultimately ignited her rise as a labor-rights leader.
“Filmmaking is an extension of my life’s work as a civil rights attorney,” says Guevara. “Mago’s courage deserves to be seen, heard, and honored — not as an isolated story, but as part of a global struggle for justice.”
Lunch will be provided.
Event sponsors:
- UC Davis Labor and Community Center
- UC Davis Labor and Employment Law Association
- UC Davis Latinx Law Students Association
- Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies