Mujeres Atrevidas chronicles the strength and persistence of female low wage, immigrant workers as they fight for their rights through their involvement with Workers Justice Project, a worker center based in Brooklyn.
Synopsis
Mujeres Atrevidas (Bold Women) centers on immigrant women's experiences directly informing this moment in the labor movement. Weaving together moving interviews and vérité footage that tell of their daily working lives and struggles, Mujeres Atrevidas takes the audience through the journey of how these female delivery workers, construction workers, and day laborers find community and empowerment to overcome obstacles and tap into their inner strength to organize for themselves.
Our narrators. Nuestras narradoras.
Merced "Meche" Aguilar, domestic cleaner
Ernesta Galvez, food app delivery worker
Hildalyn Colon Hernandez & Maria Valdez, former WJP staff
Nora Garcia, Construction worker
Armary Perez, Director of Construction Workers United, WJP
Mujeres Atrevidas is funded, in part, by the Taconic Fellowship Grant by Pratt Center for Community Development, the Greater New York Arts Development fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Puffin Foundation. This film is fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Events
May 10-24, 2025
KODA House, Governors Island
Come visit Cynthia Tobar’s studio at KODA House from May 10–24! Cynthia will be sharing new segments of Mujeres Atrevidas and giving a peek into other exciting works in progress. It’s a great chance to step inside KODA’s lively artist space, hear about what’s next for Mujeres Atrevidas, and connect in person. While you’re there, be sure to check out the incredible work of KODA’s Spring 2025 resident artists, Bahar Behbahani and Maryam Monalisa Gharavi — you won’t want to miss it!