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"Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa"

"Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa"Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa
(2008, 35 min.) MEXICO
Director: Alex Halkin
Produced by: the Chiapas Media Project/Promedios for the Tlachinollan Human Rights Organization.
In English and Spanish with English subtitles.

This film examines the lives of impoverished workers from Guerrero who migrate to Sinaloa to pick exotic Chinese vegetables for the export trade. It is a devastating portrait of hardship—from their community of origin, largely abandoned by the local and state governments, to the inhumane and slave-like working conditions of the migrant camp.

Image credit: Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa - courtesy of the filmmaker, Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa - courtesy of Chipas Media Project

Alex Halkin

2009 Native American Film and Video Festival - World premiere

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