51 minutes that will ruin tomatoes for you forever.
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.
Direction
Lee builds trust where cameras usually destroy it.
Editing
51 minutes, zero fat, maximum rage.
Director
Min Sook Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program depicted here still operates, with over 60,000 Mexican workers coming to Canada annually—little has structurally changed.
Lee spent months building relationships before filming, a rarity in poverty tourism documentary. The workers' comfort speaking to her is the film's real achievement.
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