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202374 minGdocumentary

Migration Labor

A Thousand Pines

202374 minGdocumentary

A crew of workers must decide to leave their families in rural Mexico to plant commercial pine forests in the United States under temporary work visas.

Migration Labor

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Sebastián Díaz,

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A crew of workers must decide to leave their families in rural Mexico to plant commercial pine forests in the United States under temporary work visas.

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Sebastián Díaz

Sebastián Díazdirector

Noam Osbanddirector

Synopsis

Raymundo Morales leads a crew of workers in the United States. They travel from rural Mexico to plant commercial pine forests. Workers face the choice of leaving their families behind to secure temporary work visas. The film runs for 74 minutes and looks at the realities of labor and family life in this context. It addresses the conditions faced by migrant workers in the forestry industry.

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