In social studies we're exploring the lives of influential Americans who fought for freedom, justice, and equality. The list includes workers' rights activist Cezar Chavez, who fought for better conditions for farmworkers.
Director U. Roberto Romano's film, The Harvest/La Cosecha: The Story of the Children who Feed America, follows Zulema, Perla, and Victor, child migrant workers age 12, 14, and 16 respectively. According to theharvestfilm.com,
"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. THE HARVEST/LA COSECHA profiles 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 to follow the harvest."
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