Migrant Dreams (2016)
1h 28m
Running Time
May 1, 2016Release Date
Plot.
When Umi and Dwipa left Indonesia to work in an Ontario greenhouse as part of Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program, they hoped the jobs would provide the opportunity and income for a better life. They didn't expect that fixers and false promises would lead to deception and exploitation. Sadly, their story is not uncommon. Min Sook Lee continues to speak truth to power with her commitment to providing a voice to the silenced, fulfilling documentary's capacity as a powerful tool for social change.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Min Sook Lee
Director
Rose Gutierrez
Executive Producer
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Producer
Ken Myhr
Composer
Iris Ng
Cinematographer
David Kazala
Editor
Details.
This Movie Is About.
ontario canada
migrant worker
woman director
worker's rights
Wiki.
Migrant Dreams is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2016. The film profiles human rights violations against migrant workers from Indonesia who were working as farm labourers in Southwestern Ontario under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
It was Lee's second documentary film about migrant workers in Canada, following 2003's El Contrato.
The film premiered at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and was subsequently screened at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival. It was commercially distributed as a television broadcast, airing September 14, 2016 on TVOntario.