El Contrato

El Contrato

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 18, 2003

Runtime

0h 51m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

El Contrato

Director

Min Sook Lee

Description

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.