Vivian Price
Ms. Price is a videographer with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, and is a union electrician. She produced FACES OF TRADESWOMEN, commissioned by the U.S. Women's Bureau, and IN MY OWN WORDS, AGAINST ALL ODDS, the story of the first African-American journeywoman in the electrician's union in Los Angeles. She also produced GENDER IN THE GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION SITE for the Beijing Women's Conference.
Price currently teaches Interdisciplinary Studies in the Department of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Dominguez Hills. (7/12)
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Transnational Tradeswomen
A film by Vivian Price, 2006, 62 min, Color
Inspired by organizers at the Beijing Conference on Women in 1995, former construction worker Vivian Price spent years documenting the current and historical roles of women in the construction industry in Asia – discovering several startling facts. Capturing footage that shatters any stereotypes of delicate, submissive Asian women, Price discovers that women in many parts…
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Hammering It Out
A film by Vivian Price, 2000, 54 min, Color
“This spirited documentary spotlights the experience of women in the building trades, specifically those women involved in the Century Freeway Women's Employment Project in Los Angeles. Framed by the story of a community-initiated lawsuit that resulted in hundreds of women getting trained to work on a billion-dollar freeway project, the film evolves into a primer…
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