Movies: Migrant farmworker

  • 2017
    God's Own Country

    God's Own Country (2017)

    God's Own Country

    7.82017HD

    A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker....

    God's Own Country
  • 1945
    The Southerner

    The Southerner (1945)

    The Southerner

    6.51945HD

    Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?...

    The Southerner
  • 1942
    Juke Girl

    Juke Girl (1942)

    Juke Girl

    6.51942HD

    During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve hel...

    Juke Girl
  • 1974
    The Migrants

    The Migrants (1974)

    The Migrants

    5.71974HD

    A look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family....

    The Migrants
  • 1960
    Harvest of Shame

    Harvest of Shame (1960)

    Harvest of Shame

    6.61960HD

    In this CBS News production broadcast on Thanksgiving 1960, Edward R. Murrow points out the plight of migrant farm workers in America. Topics range from the harsh living conditions, endless travel, low wages, and poor opportunities for their children...

    Harvest of Shame
  • 2017
    The Harvest

    The Harvest (2017)

    The Harvest

    02017HD

    Gurwinder comes from Punjab, he’s been working for years as a farm hand in Agro Pontino, not far from Rome. Since he first came in Italy, he’s been living with the rest of the Sikh community in Latina province. Hardeep is also Indian, but her stress ...

    The Harvest
  • 2011
    The Harvest (La Cosecha)

    The Harvest (La Cosecha) (2011)

    The Harvest (La Cosecha)

    82011HD

    The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working in America....

    The Harvest (La Cosecha)
  • 2022
    Adios Amor

    Adios Amor (2022)

    Adios Amor

    02022HD

    In Adios Amor, the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot—Maria Moreno, a migrant mother driven to speak out by her twelve children’s hunger. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Far...

    Adios Amor
  • 2021
    Migrant Mother

    Migrant Mother (2021)

    Migrant Mother

    02021HD

    Migranta tells the stories of Vicky, Betty and Lety, (three mothers who have come to Canada from Mexico as part of the federal government’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program) as they face calculated risks, difficult choices and harsh realities whi...

    Migrant Mother
  • 1969
    The Blueberry Blues

    The Blueberry Blues (1969)

    The Blueberry Blues

    01969HD

    Summer unveils a new blueberry season in northern Canada. The fields are covered in blue and workers from all over scramble before the frost puts an end to the harvest. And yet this time of year is much more than just picking: it's a time of music an...

    The Blueberry Blues
  • 2003
    Earth to Mouth

    Earth to Mouth (2003)

    Earth to Mouth

    62003HD

    Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants. On 80 acres of land, Lau King-Fai, her son and a half-dozen migrant Mexican worke...

    Earth to Mouth
  • 2008
    Immokalee U.S.A.

    Immokalee U.S.A. (2008)

    Immokalee U.S.A.

    02008HD

    Every season, tens of thousands of migrant farmworkers converge on small communities like Immokalee, Florida where they plant and harvest the food that Americans consume. A vast majority of these workers are undocumented, leaving them at the mercy of...

    Immokalee U.S.A.
  • 2014
    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time (2014)

    Once Upon a Time

    02014HD

    Every year, a Kurdish family leaves Gaziantep (Anatolia) to work on the land near Ankara. This thankless life of seasonal labor turns upside down when the eldest son falls in love....

    Once Upon a Time