El Contrato

Canada

• 2003-10-18
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  Documentary
• ▪ 0h-51m

Migrant Mexican workers in Canada

Overview

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.

• Min Sook LeeWriter

  Min Sook LeeDirector

  Karen King-ChigboProducer

  Katharine AsalsEditor

  John WestheuserDirector of Photography

  David PatrickDirector of Photography