Living on the Fault Line

Films Media Group, (film distributor.). Hedrick Smith Productions. (Added Author).

Summary: As a microcosm of "Main Street America," this program focuses on the self-proclaimed City of the Future? San Diego, California? Which has hitched its star to the promise of aggressive new information-age companies and rapid globalization. Companies that have moved manufacturing operations to Mexico are examined, along with the negative effects such moves have had on Mexican and American workers. In San Diego, we meet winners like the entrepreneurs who are creating their own tomorrow, as well as those Americans who are having trouble earning a secure tomorrow by loyalty and hard work. We see the high-tech elite as well as blue-collar factory workers and white-collar middle managers, forced into downward mobility or temp and part-time jobs. One special feature of this program is the personal stories of couples caught in the "time bind" of the New Economy, the competing poles of family, home, children, and two careers.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
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Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Hedrick Smith Productions, [1998]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016.
Copyright: ©1998

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by Hedrick Smith Productions, 1998. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 29, 2016.
Formatted Contents Note:	Living on the Fault Line: Introduction (1:23) -- Video Game Creators (2:09) -- City of the Future (2:10) -- Economic Rebound (3:32) -- America Divided (3:12) -- Convair/General Dynamics (1:39) -- Company Layoffs (3:01) -- 1992 Shooting (2:39) -- Qualcomm's Temporary Workers (4:18) -- Temp Worker (4:00) -- Time Bind: Home and Two Careers (7:40) -- Mexican Maquila Industry (4:33) -- High Tech Workers in Tijuana (3:25) -- Third World Economy (3:09) -- No Jobs For Laid Off Workers (2:14) -- Throw Away Employees (6:25) -- Market Forces Hollow Out the Middle Class (1:09) -- Credits: Living on the Fault Line (1:56)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, June 2, 2016)