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El Contrato : contract
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- Summary
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Mexican citizens working in the United States and Canada can face difficult conditions, even when they are employed legally. Filmed over an entire growing season, El Contrato documents the experien...
Mexican citizens working in the United States and Canada can face difficult conditions, even when they are employed legally. Filmed over an entire growing season, El Contrato documents the experiences of a group of laborers contracted to work in a sprawling tomato greenhouse. Tensions between workers, growers, and government officials reveal disturbing aspects of the hugely profitable greenhouse industry, including the abuse of employees whom even the local Mexican consul seems to view as expendable. Presenting rarely heard voices, El Contrato is an uncompromising look at the migrant worker's plight.
Details
- Creator
- Canada. Dept. of Finance
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2003
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421319834
- OCLC
- ocn810234158
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Feb. 14, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Portions in Spanish with English subtitles.
- Canada Hires Foreign Workers (3:19) -- The Greenhouse Capital of Canada (2:24) -- Hours and Wages (2:30) -- Living Conditions (2:39) -- Separation from Families (2:00) -- Community Life (3:43) -- Workplace Hazards (2:02) -- Worker Benefits (2:26) -- Workplace Conflict (3:29) -- The Mexican Consul (3:28) -- Workplace Conflict Escalates (3:25) -- Discrimination and Prejudice (3:27) -- Messages Home (2:06) -- The Mexican Consul Meets with Workers and Growers (5:04) -- Leaving Canada (3:34) -- At Home in Mexico (3:36)