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Lilia Hinojosa interview audio, 2022

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Identifier: dcpl_237_FeedBack_HinojosaLilia.m4a

Content Description

From the Collection:

4 oral history interviews (approx 60 minutes each) and the full 23-minute short film “Feed/Back”, a short experimental documentary released in 2022 in partnership with the Center for Story-based Strategy and Village X Studio. The film wove together a futurist narrative of escape with present-day stories of food service workers, many formerly employed at Busboys and Poets, a cultural centerpiece in the DMV community. It was awarded Best Director (DMV Short Film Festival) and honorable mention for Best Documentary Short (Workers Unite Film Festival) following its release and premiered in three cities across the East Coast. These recordings offer first-hand accounts of sexual harassment, wage theft, and employee intimidation in the workplace, and echo the call for elimination of the tipped wage system coming from grassroots organizers locally and across the United States.

Dates

  • Creation: 2022

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Lilia Hinojosa (she/her) grew up in Maryland and went to the University of Maryland before working in DC’s food service industry. She was a server and host at Busboys and Poets Brookland location for three years before resigning in 2020. She enjoys acting and working with children. Her native and Italian ancestry are important parts of her life, and she is close with her family.

Extent

1 Files (Length: 00:51:00)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Hinojosa explores the narrative surrounding Busboys and Poets in contrast with her experiences as a long-time worker there. She narrates moments of resistance, intimidation, wage theft and harassment that she was impacted by as a server, and that her coworkers were impacted by. She recounts witnessing Malcolm Wilson's resignation and how that impacted her, as well as the events leading up to her own resignation.

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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