There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farm workers who form the foundation of our fresh food industry are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved – all within the borders of the United States.
Food Chains exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the supermarket industry. Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this.
This documentary focuses on an intrepid and highly lauded group of tomato pickers from Southern Florida – the Coalition of Immokalee Workers or CIW - who are revolutionizing farm labor.
The post-film discussion will also focus on farm workers activism and the challenges that BIPOC farmers experience in terms of farm labor.
Speakers include:
- Clayton Harvey, featured in Gather, the recent celebrated documentary on Indigenous Americans reclaiming their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems
- Fatuma Emmad of Frontline Farming, Regis University, CU-Boulder, and Bountiful By Design, a sustainable landscape company. A farm worker advocate and agricultural advocate, she seeks to work on re-framing ideas of food security.
- Gerardo Reyes, farm workers and senior staff member of the CIW
- Andrew Calabrese, a professor of Media Studies and an Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the University of Colorado’s College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI), will moderate.
For live viewers:
- 1:30 pm (MDT) Program begins
- 1:40 pm (MDT) Feature film
- 3:00-3:40 pm (MDT) Live discussion with Q&A
Those watching after the live event has occurred may do so at their convenience. A recording of the live discussion will be available to begin streaming until 11:59pm on August 1st.
Exclusive to US
Festival extras
Join the FFFF Virtual Lounge Facebook group to discuss and post about food and film.
Food Chains focuses on an intrepid and highly lauded group of tomato pickers from Southern Florida – the Coalition of Immokalee Workers or CIW - who are revolutionizing farm labor. It exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the supermarket industry.
Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this.
- Year2014
- Runtime82 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSanjay Rawal
There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farm workers who form the foundation of our fresh food industry are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved – all within the borders of the United States.
Food Chains exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the supermarket industry. Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this.
This documentary focuses on an intrepid and highly lauded group of tomato pickers from Southern Florida – the Coalition of Immokalee Workers or CIW - who are revolutionizing farm labor.
The post-film discussion will also focus on farm workers activism and the challenges that BIPOC farmers experience in terms of farm labor.
Speakers include:
- Clayton Harvey, featured in Gather, the recent celebrated documentary on Indigenous Americans reclaiming their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems
- Fatuma Emmad of Frontline Farming, Regis University, CU-Boulder, and Bountiful By Design, a sustainable landscape company. A farm worker advocate and agricultural advocate, she seeks to work on re-framing ideas of food security.
- Gerardo Reyes, farm workers and senior staff member of the CIW
- Andrew Calabrese, a professor of Media Studies and an Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the University of Colorado’s College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI), will moderate.
For live viewers:
- 1:30 pm (MDT) Program begins
- 1:40 pm (MDT) Feature film
- 3:00-3:40 pm (MDT) Live discussion with Q&A
Those watching after the live event has occurred may do so at their convenience. A recording of the live discussion will be available to begin streaming until 11:59pm on August 1st.
Exclusive to US
Festival extras
Join the FFFF Virtual Lounge Facebook group to discuss and post about food and film.
Food Chains focuses on an intrepid and highly lauded group of tomato pickers from Southern Florida – the Coalition of Immokalee Workers or CIW - who are revolutionizing farm labor. It exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the supermarket industry.
Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this.
- Year2014
- Runtime82 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSanjay Rawal
