Babe, I Hate to Go (2017)

Original title

Babe, I Hate To Go

Directed by

Andrew Moir

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

18 min

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jamaican migrant worker in Ontario hides his cancer diagnosis from his family back home while continuing to send money and work on a farm. The film follows him through his daily life and medical visits.

intimatepoignantquietly devastatingrestrainedsoberingpersonalresilientpoignant

What happens

Babe, I Hate to Go is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Andrew Moir. The film centres on Delroy Dunkley, a migrant worker from Jamaica who works on a farm in Southwestern Ontario to support his family, but is trying to shield them from his own cancer diagnosis. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017, before being distributed primarily on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Short Docs web platform. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. A full-length version of the film, Don't Come Searching, was released in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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