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Migrant Mexican workers in Canada

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2003 / 51min.

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Documentary

Synopsis

This documentary from Min Sook Lee follows a poverty-stricken father from Central Mexico, along with several of his countrymen, as they make their annual migration to southern Ontario to pick tomatoes. For 8 months a year, the town's population absorbs 4,000 migrant workers who toil under conditions, and for wages, that no local would accept. Yet despite a fear of repercussions, the workers voice their desire for dignity and respect.

Directors

Min Sook Lee

Actors

Maria del Mar

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