Bibliograph

Los trabajadores, The workers, produced, directed, edited by Heather Courtney

Type

Label

Los trabajadores, The workers, produced, directed, edited by Heather Courtney

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Los trabajadores

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

75534133

Responsibility statement

produced, directed, edited by Heather Courtney

Runtime

Sub title

The workers

Summary

"'We build the buildings, we do the hardest jobs, and still they don't want us.' These are the words of Juan Ignacio Gutierrez, a Nicaraguan profiled in the film Los Trabajadores/The Workers, winner of the International Documentary Association David Wolper Student Award. Los Trabajadores tells the story of immigrant day laborers, placing their struggles and contributions in the context of the economic development of Austin, Texas. Through the stories of Juan from Nicaragua and Ramon from Mexico, and through the controversy surrounding the relocation of a day labor site from downtown to a residential neighborhood, the film examines the misconceptions and contradictions inherent in America's dependence on and discrimination against immigrant labor. As Juan says, 'they say Austin is growing, but thanks to whom?'"--Container

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Trabajadores/The workers : a documentaryWorkers

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