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Food Chains (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Tribeca Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Sanjay Rawal

Written By:
Sanjay Rawal
Erin Barnett

Actors:
Eve Ensler ..... Himself
Barry Estabrook ..... Herself
Dolores Huerta ..... Narrator
Robert Kennedy Jr. ..... Himself
Kerry Kennedy ..... Narrator
Eva Longoria
Alma Martinez
Eric Schlosser
Forest Whitaker

Synopsis:

There is so much interest in food these days yet there is almost no interest in the hands that pick that food. In the US, farm labor has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the nation's most vulnerable people. While the legal restrictions which kept people bound to farms, like slavery, have been abolished, exploitation still exists, ranging from wage theft to modern-day slavery. These days, this exploitation is perpetuated by the corporations at the top of the food chain: supermarkets. Their buying power has kept wages pitifully low and has created a scenario where desperately poor people are willing to put up with anything to keep their jobs.

In Immokalee, Florida, migrant farmworkers pick fruits and vegetables that are sold to large US food wholesalers. However, their working conditions are shown to be less than favorable. As a result, they form the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to raise awareness and improve their circumstances. Specifically, they go on a hunger strike to pressure Publix, a Florida-based food wholesaler, to pay them one penny more per pound of tomato. Meanwhile, the documentary also shows farmworkers in the vineyards of the Napa Valley.

Farmworkers in Immokalee, Fla., launch a hunger strike at the headquarters of Publix supermarkets to protest poor wages and working conditions.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 June, 2015.