Fruits of labor / POV PBS and Reversa Films presents ; a film by Emily Cohen Ibañez ; produced and directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez ; written by Ashley Solis Pavón, Emily Cohen Ibañez.

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A Mexican-American teenager dreams of graduating high school, when increased ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become the breadwinner for her family. She works long days in the strawberry fields and the night shift at a food processing factory. Set in an agr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Reversa Films (Presenter, Production company)
Grasshopper Film (Firm) (Film distributor)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Broadcaster)
Nia Tero (sponsoring body.)
JustFilms (Firm) (sponsoring body.)
Ford Foundation (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Cohen, Emily (Cohen Ibãnez) (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, director of photography.)
Solis Pavón, Ashley (Screenwriter, on-screen participant.)
Rector, Tracy (Film producer)
Guerrero, Aurora (Film producer)
Pérez, Richard Ray (Film producer)
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In Spanish with some English dialogue and English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Grasshopper Film : Reversa Films, 2021.
Subjects:
Mexican American teenage girls > California.
Coming of age > California.
Agricultural laborers > California.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Emigration and immigration law > United States.
Immigrant children > United States.
Noncitizens > United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource via Kaltura MediaSpace - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (77 min.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
A Mexican-American teenager dreams of graduating high school, when increased ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become the breadwinner for her family. She works long days in the strawberry fields and the night shift at a food processing factory. Set in an agricultural town on the central coast of California, Fruits of Labor is a coming of age story about an American teenager traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in poverty. A lyrical meditation on adolescence, nature and ancestral forces, the film asks, what does it mean to come into one's power as a working young woman of color in the wealthiest nation in the world? Fruits of Labor offers a new narrative about women workers that shows the nuances of how the global food system intersects with gender and family life.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2021.
Call Number:F870.M5 F785 2021 Online
Credits:Directors of photography, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Emily Cohen Ibáñez ; editors, Kristina Motwani, Andrea Chignoli ; music, Yámil Rezc ; animator, Maribel Martínez.
Participant or Performer:
Ashley Pavon.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from title frames.