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
Director’s Statement
Through an insightful look at what daily conditions female-identified low-wage gig workers face, Mujeres Atrevidas will illuminate the key role worker centers such as the female-led Workers Justice Project can have in cities and states across the country where new labor policies and standards (such as domestic workers’ bills of rights and higher minimum wages) are being enacted. Ultimately, the film will testify to the ability of these female workers to sustain and improve their lives, as they reflect on questions regarding New York City’s future and its relationship to labor.
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. Mujeres Atrevidas is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Events
November 18-28, 2026
Rockella, Ridgewood, NY
Cynthia Tobar will be featured in Resilient Roots 2026, an annual group exhibition organized by the Arte Sana Foundation and curated by Alexandra Trujillo Tamayo. Bringing together 16 artists from New York, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, France, Jamaica, Japan, Colombia, and Nigeria, the show explores themes of memory, migration, and the strength it takes to grow in new soil. The exhibition will present Tobar's two-part documentary series, Mujeres Atrevidas, running from November 18–28, 2026, at One Eyed Studios in ROCKELLA (Room 183, 16-39 Centre St, Ridgewood, NY). Programming includes an Opening Night on Wednesday, November 18 (6–10 PM), a Guided Visit on Wednesday, November 25 (5–6 PM), and a Closing Reception on Saturday, November 28 (6–9 PM).