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Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools, and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla, and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive. Follow these three as they journey from the scorching heat of Texas' onion fields to the winter snows of the Michigan apple orchards and back south to the humidity of Florida's tomato fields...
Publisher
Teaching Tolerance
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Using historical footage and dramatic reenactments, this film focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights -- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the some of the most exploited people in the United States.
5) Cesar Chavez
Publisher
Pantelion, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth, the giants strive to reclaim the land they one lost, forcing Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed...
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Luke Chandler, a seven-year-old farm boy lives in the cotton fields with his family in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty rented acres. When the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. As the weeks picking cotton pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old should, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives...
Publisher
VINA Distributor
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
None
Description
Sunnyside: A handyman works on a farm from early in the morning until late at night. There's barely time to eat, let alone figure out how to woo the neighbor's daughter, Edna. When a city slicker crashes his car and ends up in Edna's care, the handyman is rejected for trying to be more like him to get Edna's attention.
A Day's Pleasure: Father takes the family for a drive in their dilapidated Model-T, but trouble looms to try and ruin their day...