Vueltas - Comings and Goings
Since the late '70s, workers from Mexico and Guatemala are an increased demand, because Quebecers desert that kind of hard working-job who doesn't pay much. Each year, nearly 2,000 men leave their families for half a year to pick our own vegetables at the harvesting times. This documentary penetrate in one of these microcosms of these men, formed for all these years. A vision of resignation about the human needs. Listen to Juan Manuel, Martin, Tomas and Aurelio. They represent theirs thoughts and their silence…
Awards and mentions
Prix du jury, catégorie documentaire
Festival Vidéastes Recherché-es
Québec
2012
Prix de Vidéo Femmes
Festival Vidéastes Recherché-es
Québec
2012
Coup de coeur Vithèque, catégorie documentaire
Festival des Films de la Relève
Montréal
2012
Credits
Direction
Kathleen Cousineau
Assistant Director
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Participants
Martin Barrios Sian
Tomas Angeles Lopez
Juan Manuel Torres Napoles
Aurelio Carmona Castro
Cinematography
Louis Lavoie Isebaert
Sound
Guyaume Robitaille
Editing
Camille Gingras Aubry
Original Score
Émilie Marchand
Sound Design
Jason Burnham
Production
Marie-Élaine Riou
École des médias - UQAM
Technical information
Color
Color
Image format
16:9
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
Betacam SP
Documentation
Images
Keywords
Spanish, Immigration, Work, Harvest, Vegetables, Agriculture
Themes