Agriculture is consistently ranked as one of the three most dangerous occupations in the United States.
Recommended Films
There are many great documentaries and dramatic films that can help you learn or teach about about the complex issues that create injustice in agriculture, as well as the triumphs and challenges farmworkers and advocates face in the fight for justice. Here are a few:
Dramatic Films
Documentary Films
389 Miles: Living the Border (2008)
Brother Towns: Pueblos Hermanos (2010)
Dollar a Day, Ten Cents a Dance (1984)
El Contrato: The Contract (2003)
Fair Food: Field to Table
El Field (2011)
Films about Cesar Chavez
Focus on the Farm Worker: The Union (PCUN, 2011)
From the Mountains to the Maquiladoras (1993)
The Harvest / La Cosecha (2011)
La Vida no es facil / Life is Not Easy (2006)
Legacy of Shame. CBS News (1995)
Life and Debt (2001)
Morristown: In the Air and Sun (2007)
Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina (2001)
Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa (2008)
