El Contrato (2003)
51m
Running Time
October 18, 2003Release Date
Plot.
This documentary from Min Sook Lee follows a poverty-stricken father from Central Mexico, along with several of his countrymen, as they make their annual migration to southern Ontario to pick tomatoes. For 8 months a year, the town's population absorbs 4,000 migrant workers who toil under conditions, and for wages, that no local would accept. Yet despite a fear of repercussions, the workers voice their desire for dignity and respect.
Where to Watch.
FreeCurrently El Contrato is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: NFB
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Cast & Crew.
Maria del Mar
Narrator
Min Sook Lee
Director
Catherine Scott
Assistant Editor
Silva Basmajian
Producer
Karen King
Producer
Elizabeth Klinck
Researcher
Lou Solakofski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Edgardo Moreno
Composer
Virginia Storey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Foley / Foley Artist
David Patrick
Cinematographer
Darcy Kite
Sound Recordist
John Westheuser
Cinematographer
Katharine Asals
Editor
Katharine Asals
Editor
Douglas Crawford
Digital Imaging Technician
Norah Wakula
Production Manager
Steven Toepell
Sound Designer
Karen King-Chigbo
Producer
Sylvia Sweeney
Executive Producer
Louise Lore
Executive Producer
Martin Lee
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sarah Zammit
Production Manager
Ali Kazimi
Additional Camera
Dan Johnston
Online Editor
Beatriz Pizano
Translator
Marvyn Dennis
Dialogue Editor / Sound Supervisor
Douglas MacFarlane
Production Manager
John Bracco
Foley Recordist
Grazia Rade
Unit Manager
Sanjay Mehta
Sound Recordist
Mark Wilson
Assistant Production Manager
Ida Di Fruscia
Administration
Stacy Coutts
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Benito Amaro
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Tonya Reid
Researcher
Penny Kennedy
Production Coordinator
Don Grundsten
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Mike Borlace
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Debbie Gaysinsky
Colorist
Nadine Simunic
Administrative Assistant
Lea Marin-Jara
Administrative Assistant
Joanne Forrest
Assistant Unit Manager
Kemp Archibald
Production Supervisor
Andrea Feder
Transcriptions
Sheila Gruner
Transcriptions
Maurice C. Behaine
Transcriptions
Orestes Robledo
Transcriptions
Pat Kerr
Transcriptions
Jeannethe Lara
Transcriptions
Jessica Farias
Translator / Transcriptions
Enzo Moreno
Translator
Alejandro Ronceria
Translator
Details.
This Movie Is About.
mexico
canada
tomato
migrant worker
woman director
overseas foreign workers
Wiki.
El Contrato (lit. "The Contract") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2003. The film portrays the harsh living conditions of exploited migrant workers from Mexico who are working as farm labourers in Leamington, Ontario.The film premiered at the Bloor Cinema on September 24, 2003, but the farmers depicted in the film issued a SLAPP suit which delayed the film's wider release. After the lawsuit was cleared, the film received further film festival screenings in 2004, before being broadcast by TVOntario on January 12, 2005.Lee subsequently returned to the theme of migrant workers in her 2016 film Migrant Dreams, which centred on similar exploitation of Indonesian temporary migrant workers.