Underplayed Gems

The Harvest (2010)

The Harvest poster
Original title
The Harvest (La Cosecha)
Directed by
Robin Romano
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows children as young as 12 working up to 12 hours a day in American agriculture. It shows the hazardous conditions they face like heat and pesticides and the limited schooling that results from labor laws that are more lenient for farm work than other jobs.

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What happens

The Harvest (Spanish: La Cosecha) is a 2010 documentary film about agricultural child labor in America. The film depicts children as young as 12 years of age who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year, subject to hazardous conditions: heat exposure, pesticides, and dangerous work. The agriculture industry has been subject to significantly more lenient labor laws than any other occupation in the United States. As a result, lack of consistent schooling significantly limits their opportunities of succeeding in high school or more. The hazardous conditions threaten their health and lives. The purpose of the documentary is to bring awareness of the harsh working conditions which tens of thousands of children face in the fields of the United States each year and to enact the Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564) which will bring parity of labor conditions to field workers that are afforded to minors in other occupations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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