H-2 Worker

H-2 Worker (1990)

This documentary examines the lives of Jamaican migrant laborers recruited to cut sugar cane in Florida under the temporary H-2 guest worker program. Filmed in the cane fields and labor camps around Lake Okeechobee, the film documents the harsh working conditions and limited protections faced by the workers.

Erscheinungsdatum
1990-01-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (4)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 10 Min.
Genres
Dokumentarfilm
Regie
Stephanie Black

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Gedreht in: Florida
  • Auszeichnungen: 1 · Nominierungen: 0. Darunter: Sundance Film Festival/Großer Preis der Jury – Bester Dokumentarfilm

H-2 Worker is a 1990 documentary film about the exploitation of Jamaican guest workers in Florida's sugar cane industry. It was directed by Stephanie Black, and won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for documentaries in the 1990 festival. It was shot in Belle Glade, Clewiston, and Okeelanta, Florida, as well as Jamaica and includes cane fields and worker camps owned by US Sugar Corporation and the Okeelanta Corporation.

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